Christoffel Puytlinck, (
Roermond
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, 11 November 1640 – Roermond, c. 1679) was a painter from
Roermond
Roermond (; or ) is a city, municipality, and diocese in the Limburg (Netherlands), Limburg province of the Netherlands. Roermond is a historically important town on the lower Roer on the east bank of the river Meuse. It received City rights i ...
(present-day
Netherlands
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). He painted still lifes, chiefly game pieces and live and dead fowl.
Life and career
Puytlinck was born in
Roermond
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,
Limburg
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* Limburg (Netherlands), a province since 1839 in the south of the Netherlands
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, in the southern part of the Netherlands,
where he was baptized on 11 November 1640.
His name is also spelled ''Puijtlinck''.
He was the son of Theodorus Puytlinck, a goldsmith from Roermond.
He was active as a painter from 1663. He was active in
Reims
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in 1663, and in
Rome
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from 1667 to 1669.
In Rome he joined the
Bentvueghels
The Bentvueghels (Dutch for "Birds of a Feather") were a society of mostly Dutch and Flemish artists active in Rome from about 1620 to 1720. They are also known as the Schildersbent ("painters' clique").
Activities
The members, which incl ...
, earning the nickname ''Trechter''. In 1667 he was a witness in a trial regarding an English artist who was stabbed to death in Rome in Via del Babuino.
In 1670 he returned to Roermond,
where he was active from that year until 1679.
In this period he taught
Jan Frans van Douven
Jan Frans van Douven, or Johan Francois Douven (2 March 1656, in Roermond – 1727, in Düsseldorf) was a Southern Netherlandish portrait painter belonging to the Dutch Leyden School. Born in Roermond, he spent most of his life as Court painter ...
, his cousin.
He died in Roermond between 1679 and 1680.
Works (selection)
Image:Christoffel Puytlinck Still Life with Birds and a Cat. 1674.jpg, ''Still Life with Birds and a Cat'', 1674
Image:Christoffel Puytlinck - Hunting dog and game.jpg, ''Hunting Dog and Game''
Image:Maastricht musee puytlinck basse cour.JPG, ''Classical Ruin with a Cat and Poultry'', 1665–1670
Image:Stilleven met vlees en dode vogels Rijksmuseum SK-A-2160.jpeg, ''Still Life with Meat and Dead Birds'', 1660–1671
Image:Christoffel Puytlinck.jpg, ''Still Life of Birds and Carrot'', 1660–1679
Image:Dode hanen Rijksmuseum SK-A-1452.jpeg, ''Still Life with Dead Roosters Hanging by Their Legs Against a Wall'', 1671
References
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1640 births
1679 deaths
Dutch Golden Age painters
Dutch male painters
People from Roermond
Painters from Limburg (Netherlands)