David Vinckboons (baptized 13 August 1576 – c. 1632) was a

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painter born in

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. Vinckboons, whose name is often spelled as Vingboons, Vinghboons, Vinckebonis or Vinckboom, had at least ten children. His sons were the cartographer and watercolourist

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and the architects Justus and

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. Vinckboons himself died in

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Biography

Vinckboons was one of the most prolific and popular painters and print designers in the

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. Himself influenced by

Pieter Bruegel the Elder Pieter Bruegel (also Brueghel or Breughel) the Elder ( , ; ; – 9 September 1569) was among the most significant artists of Dutch and Flemish Renaissance painting, a painter and printmaking, printmaker, known for his landscape art, landscape ...

, he was instrumental – together with

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and

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– in the development of

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in the northern Netherlands. Vinckboons was born in

. The family moved to

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around 1580, and then to Middelburg after the

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occupation of Antwerp in 1585. It is not likely they moved for religious reasons to Amsterdam. His father became a citizen in 1591, but none of his grandchildren were baptized in a Calvinist church. In 1602 David married in

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to Agneta van Loon, the daughter of a

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. Then he lived in Sint Antoniesbreestraat like many other artists and painters. According to

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

he did not have any teacher other than his father Phillipe, a painter on

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with watercolors, an art form practised mainly in his birthplace of

. David 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. He also produced Biblical scenes such as ''Tobias and the Angel'' (1619,

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). His landscapes reflect his contact with Gillis van Coninxloo. Vinckboons attracted a number of students; among them were

Gillis d'Hondecoeter Gillis Claesz. de Hondecoeter or d'Hondecoeter (c. 1575–1580 – buried 17 October 1638) was a Dutch Painting, painter, working in a Flemish painting, Flemish style, painting landscapes, trees, fowl and birds. Later on d'Hondecoeter pai ...

, Claes Janszoon Visscher and probably

Esaias van de Velde Esaias van de Velde (17 May 1587 (baptized) – 18 November 1630 (buried)) was a Dutch Golden Age painter, mainly of landscapes and a printmaker who experimented with etching. Biography He was born in Amsterdam, where his Flemish father H ...

. Vingboons, as his name is often spelled, and many other varieties are to be found, had at least ten children. His sons were the cartographer and watercolourist

and the architects Justus and

. Pieter, an engineer and soldier, died on

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Work

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References

* Liedtke, W. (2007) Dutch paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, p. 913. * Sutton, P. C. (ed.), ''Masters of Seventeenth-Century Dutch Genre Painting'', exhib. cat. 1984 (Philadelphia Museum; Berlin, Gemäldegalerie; London, RA)

External links

Works and literature on David Vinckboons
at PubHist *
Pieter Bruegel the Elder: Drawings and Prints
', a full text exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, which includes material on David Vinckboons (see index) {{DEFAULTSORT:Vinckboons, David 1576 births 1629 deaths Dutch Golden Age painters Dutch male painters Flemish Baroque painters Painters from Mechelen Painters from Amsterdam