David Vinckboons

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

David Vinckboons (bapt. Aug 13, 1576, Mechelen – 1629 Amsterdam) was a Dutch painter of Flemish origin.

His Protestant family moved to Antwerp around 1580, and then to Middelburg after the Spanish occupation of Antwerp in 1585 and finally to Amsterdam. He does not appear to have had any teacher other than his father, a painter on linen, an art form practised mainly in his birthplace of Mechelen.

Vinckboons was one of the most prolific and popular painters and print designers in the Netherlands. Himself influenced by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, he was instrumental — together with Hans Bol and Roelant Savery — in the development of genre painting in the northern Netherlands. He specialized in elegant figures in park-like landscapes (Outdoor Merry Company, 1610; Vienna, Akademie der Bildenden Künste) as well as Kermis and other village festivals. His landscapes reflect his contact with Gillis van Coninxloo. Vinckboons attracted a number of students; among them were Gillis d'Hondecoeter and probably Esaias van de Velde.

[edit] References

  • Sutton, P. C. (ed.), Masters of Seventeenth-Century Dutch Genre Painting, exhib. cat. 1984 (Philadelphia Mus.; Berlin, Gemäldegal.; London, RA)
 This article about a Dutch or Flemish painter is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org../../../d/a/v/David_Vinckboons_311e.html"
In other languages