Israel Covyn (1582,

Antwerp Antwerp (; nl, Antwerpen ; french: Anvers ; es, Amberes) is the largest city in Belgium by area at and the capital of Antwerp Province in the Flemish Region. With a population of 520,504,

– 1665,

Antwerp Antwerp (; nl, Antwerpen ; french: Anvers ; es, Amberes) is the largest city in Belgium by area at and the capital of Antwerp Province in the Flemish Region. With a population of 520,504,

), was a

Dutch Golden Age The Dutch Golden Age ( nl, Gouden Eeuw ) was a period in the history of the Netherlands, roughly spanning the era from 1588 (the birth of the Dutch Republic) to 1672 (the Rampjaar, "Disaster Year"), in which Dutch trade, science, and Dutch art, ...

genre painter.

Biography

According to Houbraken he was the older brother of the painter

Reynier Covyn Reynier Covyn (1632, Antwerp – 1681, Dordrecht), was a Dutch Golden Age genre painter. Biography According to Houbraken he usually painted a table with all sorts of vegetables; cabbage, carrots, celery root, artichokes, and so forth, with ...

.Reynier and Isrel Covyn 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 painter and writer from Dordrecht, now remembered mainly as a biographer of Dutch Golden Age painters. Life Houbraken was sent first to learn ''threadtwisting'' (Twyndraat) fr ...

, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature He painted scenes from the ''Spaens Heydinnetje'', a popular book by

Jacob Cats Jacob Cats (10 November 1577 – 12 September 1660) was a Dutch poet, humorist, jurist and politician. He is most famous for his emblem books. Early years Jacob Cats was born on 10 November 1577 in Brouwershaven as son of Adriaen Cornelis ...

loosely based on one of the pastoral scenes from Cervantes' Don Quixote. Houbraken wrote that he was the oldest painter he knew in the Dordrecht

Guild of St. Luke The Guild of Saint Luke was the most common name for a city guild for painters and other artists in early modern Europe, especially in the Low Countries. They were named in honor of the Four Evangelists, Evangelist Saint Luke, Luke, the patron sa ...

, and that he had been a member there since 1647. Houbraken remembered him on St. Luke's day (October 18) at the guild table wearing a wreath of grape vines, an old tradition that was still ongoing when Houbraken was writing in 1711. According to the RKD he was the older brother of Reynier Covyn, but no known works survive.Israel Covyn
in the RKD

References

Het Spaens Heydinnetje
by Jacob Cats {{DEFAULTSORT:Covyn, Israel 1582 births 1665 deaths Dutch Golden Age painters Dutch male painters Clergy from Antwerp Dutch genre painters