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David Colijns (1582 – c.1665) was a
Dutch Golden Age The Dutch Golden Age ( ) was a period in the history of the Netherlands which roughly lasted from 1588, when the Dutch Republic was established, to 1672, when the '' Rampjaar'' occurred. During this period, Dutch trade, scientific development ...
painter.


Biography

Colijns was born in
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. According to Houbraken he painted historical allegories from the bible, especially with a great many figures.David Colyns 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 According to the RKD he was the son of Chrispiaen Colijn and in 1621 he became the teacher of Salomon Koninck, and later of
Jacob Koninck Jacob Koninck (c. 1615 – c. 1695) was a Dutch Golden Age landscape painter. Biography Koninck was born in Amsterdam. According to Houbraken he lent his books on perspective to Johannes Verkolje, who became better than he was at perspective ...
(ca. 1615-ca.1695).David Colijns
in the
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Several religious paintings by his hand hang in the
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. He died in
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.


References


The ascension of Elijah
in the
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Colijns, David 1582 births 1665 deaths Dutch Golden Age painters Dutch male painters Painters from Rotterdam