Ignatius Croon (name variations: Ignaz Cronò, Ignaz Croon and nickname: Gaudtvinck or Goudtvinck (meaning 'bullfinch') (1639–1667) was a

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who after training in

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moved to Rome where he died at a young age.

Life

He was born in

, the son of the notary Peter Croon and brother of Peter Croon (1634–1682), a

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and devotional writer. He was a pupil of the prominent painter

Peter Franchoys Peter, Peeter or Pieter Franchoys or Francois (1606 in Mechelen – 1654 in Mechelen) was a Flemish Baroque painter, who is mainly known for his portraits and religious paintings. Life He studied painting with his father, Lucas Franchoys the El ...

in Mechelen around 1650. He possibly left for Rome immediately after completing his training in 1657. In Rome he lived at the home of Pieter Mulier the Younger, a

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marine painter, in the parish of the

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. He became a member of the

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, an association of mainly Dutch and

artists working in Rome. It was customary for the Bentvueghels to adopt an appealing nickname, the so-called 'bent name'. Ignatius Croon was given the bent name ''Gaudtvinck'' (also written as ''Goudtvinck''), which means 'bullfinch'. His name appears in one of the niches of the

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, the Roman church where the Bentvueghels used to congregate. The following words are written in red chalk: ‘ignativs croon/alias gavdtvinck.’ He died in

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at the age of 28.Biographical details
at the

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Work

No known works by his hand are known. A portrait of his brother Peter Croon, now in the Municipal Museum of Mechelen, is attributed to him.Biographical details of Ignatius Croon
on Hadrianus

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Croon, Ignatius Flemish Baroque painters Painters from Mechelen Members of the Bentvueghels 1639 births 1667 deaths