Geerti Pieters - vase of flowers in urn on stone slab

Geertgen Wyntges (1636,

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– 1712,

), was a

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flower painter who assisted the painter

Maria van Oosterwijck Maria van Oosterwijck, also spelled Oosterwyck, (1630–1693) was a Dutch Golden Age painter, specialising in richly detailed flower paintings and other still lifes. Life and work Maria van Oosterwijck was born in 1630 in Nootdorp, a town loca ...

Biography

According to Houbraken she was the servant of Maria Oosterwyk in Amsterdam who helped her mix her paints.Geertgen Wyntges Biography
in ''De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen'' (1718) by

Arnold Houbraken Arnold Houbraken (28 March 1660 – 14 October 1719) was a Dutch people, Dutch Painting, painter and writer from Dordrecht, now remembered mainly as a biographer of Dutch Golden Age painters. Life Houbraken was sent first to learn ''threadt ...

, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature While Houbraken was working on his book, the painter

Nicolaas Verkolje Nicolaas Verkolje or Vercolje (11 April 1673, Delft – 21 January 1746, Amsterdam), was a Dutch painter and mezzotinter. He specialized in history pieces and portraits in a classicistic style. Biography He was the son of Jan Verkolje and ...

told him he had visited her in Delft two years beforehand and she had told him an amusing story about her former employer and the flower painter

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. She said that their workshops were adjoining and they could see each other through their windows. Aelst had wanted to court Oosterwyck, but she remained single. According to the

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Wyntges is also known as Geertje Pieters and was the pupil of Maria van Oosterwijck She was the granddaughter of the art collector Melchior Wyntges who

Karel van Mander Karel van Mander (I) or Carel van Mander IKarel van Mander
at the Netherlands Institute for Art History ...

mentioned in his

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. She was related to the family of Maria van Oosterwyck.

Constantijn Huygens Sir Constantijn Huygens, Lord of Zuilichem ( , , ; 4 September 159628 March 1687), was a Dutch Golden Age poet and composer. He was also secretary to two Princes of Orange: Frederick Henry and William II, and the father of the scientist C ...

composed two poems in her honor (one was dedicated to her and her employer Oosterwyck).

References

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