Bernhard Keil or Keyl (1624 – 3 February 1687) was a Danish Baroque painter who became a pupil of

Rembrandt Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (; ; 15 July 1606 – 4 October 1669), mononymously known as Rembrandt was a Dutch Golden Age painter, printmaker, and Drawing, draughtsman. He is generally considered one of the greatest visual artists in ...

Biography

Keil was born in

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. According to the RKD he was a pupil of the Danish painter

Morten Steenwinkel Morten Steenwinkel (1595, Varberg – 1646, Copenhagen), was a Danish architect and painter. Biography According to Houbraken he was a good animal painter specialized in horses.Bernhard Keil
in the

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From1645 to 1648 he was with

Hendrick Uylenburgh Hendrick Gerritszoon van Uylenburgh (c. 1587 – 1661) was an influential Dutch Golden Age art dealer who helped launch the careers of Rembrandt, Govert Flinck, Ferdinand Bol and other painters. Biography Van Uylenburgh came from a Frisian fam ...

and he had a workshop of his own from 1649 to 1651. In 1656 he travelled to Rome, and is registered there until 1687, when he died. He also worked in Bergamo and Venice. He was influenced by

Jan Lievens Jan Lievens (24 October 1607 – 4 June 1674) was a Dutch Golden Age painter who was associated with his close contemporary Rembrandt, a year older, in the early parts of their careers. They shared a birthplace in Leiden, training with Pieter ...

and in turn influenced the painters

Pietro Bellotti Pietro Bellotti (1625–1700) was an Italian painter active in the Baroque period. Life and work Bellotti was born in Volciano di Salò in 1627 (1625 according to Orlandi), he gained fame as a painter of portraits and heads of characters. He was ...

(1627–1700),

Antonio Cifrondi Antonio Cifrondi (June 11, 1655 – October 30, 1730) was an Italian painter of the late Baroque, mainly of genre themes. He was active in Brescia and near Bergamo. He was born to a poor mason in Clusone. After some local training. Cifrondi moved ...

, and

Giacomo Francesco Cipper Giacomo Francesco Cipper, also known as Il Todeschini, ( Feldkirch, 1664 - Milan, 1736) was an Austrian painter in Milan from 1696 to 1736. Biography Of Austrian origin, Cipper was working in Milan in the first half of the 18th century. A highl ...

References

Bernhard Keil
on

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1624 births 1687 deaths 17th-century Danish painters Danish Baroque painters Danish male painters People from Helsingør Pupils of Rembrandt {{Denmark-painter-stub