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Arnold van Boonen (16 December 1669 – 2 October 1729) was a Dutch portrait painter.


Life

He was born at
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, in the
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in 1669. He was a pupil first of Arnold Verbuis, and then of Godefried Schalken. He painted genre pictures in the style of the latter, representing subjects by candlelight. However, due to much encouragement in portrait painting, he shifted almost entirely to that branch of art. His style was well adapted to succeed in it. An excellent colourist, a faithful designer of his model, and highly skilled, he was soon distinguished as one of the ablest artists of his day. He painted a great number of portraits of the most distinguished people of his time, among whom were
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, the Elector of Mentz, the
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, the Prince and Princess of Orange, the great
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, and several others. He created large paintings for different company halls in
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and Dordrecht. He died in 1729. The
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has seven works by him, and the ''Woman Singing'' in the Lille Gallery is also attributed to him. His son, Kasper van Boonen, also painted portraits, but in no way proved himself equal to his father.


Gallery

Jan van Huysum - portrait by Arnold Boonen.jpg, Portrait of Jan van Huysum, c. 1720 Arnold Boonen Kaufmann im Kontor.jpg, Merchant in his office, before 1729 Agatha Levina, Joan en Anna Elisabeth Geelvinck.jpg, Detail of a painting with (left) Agatha Levina Geelvinck (1701-1761), c. 1705 Arnold Boonen (attr) A young boy holding a tambourine.jpg, A young boy holding a tambourine, c. 1729 Arnold Boonen - Portrait of 3 van der Elst children.jpg, Family portrait of 3 children of the van der Elst family SB 4845-De regenten van het Burgerweeshuis-Zes regenten en de boekhouder van het Burgerweeshuis.jpg, Regents of the Burgerweeshuis (municipal orphanage) in Amsterdam


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* 1669 births 1729 deaths Painters from Dordrecht 18th-century Dutch painters 18th-century Dutch male artists Dutch male painters Dutch portrait painters {{Netherlands-painter-stub