Domenicus van Wijnen - Matthijs Pool - inweiding Bentvogel

Matthijs Pool (1676–1740)Matthijs Pool
in the

RKD The Netherlands Institute for Art History or RKD (Dutch: RKD-Nederlands Instituut voor Kunstgeschiedenis), previously Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie (RKD), is located in The Hague and is home to the largest art history center i ...

was an engraver from the Northern Netherlands.

Biography

Pool was born and died in

Amsterdam Amsterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Amstel'') is the Capital of the Netherlands, capital and Municipalities of the Netherlands, most populous city of the Netherlands, with The Hague being the seat of government. It has a population ...

. According to the RKD he worked with

Gerard de Lairesse Gerard or Gérard (de) Lairesse (11 September 1641 – June 1711) was a Dutch Golden Age painter and art theorist. His broad range of skills included music, poetry, and theatre. De Lairesse was influenced by the Perugian Cesare Ripa and Fr ...

making engravings for his ''Groot schilderboeck'', and worked with the painter

Barend Graat Barend Graat (21 September 1628, Amsterdam – 4 November 1709, Amsterdam),Barend Graat
in the Francis van Bossuit Francis van Bossuit (probably 1635, Brussels - 22 September, Amsterdam) was a Flemish sculptor.Matthijs Pool
in the

In 1708 he married Barend Graat's daughter and his address then changed to the

Leidsegracht The Leidsegracht () is a canal in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. It is a cross-canal in Amsterdam-Center that connects Herengracht, Keizersgracht, Prinsengracht and Lijnbaansgracht and flows into the Singelgracht at Marnixstraat. History The Leid ...

. He is known for engravings after other artists and topographical prints. He is also known for depictions of the

Bentvueghels The Bentvueghels (Dutch for "Birds of a Feather") were a society of mostly Dutch and Flemish artists active in Rome from about 1620 to 1720. They are also known as the Schildersbent ("painters' clique"). Activities The members, which include ...

that he engraved after paintings by

Domenicus van Wijnen Domenicus van Wijnen (Amsterdam 1658 – 1700) was a Dutch Golden Age painter. Biography In 1674 he was a pupil of Willem Doudijns in The Hague. He lived in Rome from 1680–90. According to Houbraken he joined the Bentvueghels, an assoc ...

, otherwise known as ''Askaan''. Schouburg, VII, p 347 by Arnold Houbraken, 1718

References

Matthijs Pool
on

Artnet Artnet.com is an art market website. It is operated by Artnet Worldwide Corporation, which has headquarters in New York City, in the United States, and is owned by Artnet AG, a German publicly traded company based in Berlin that is listed on ...

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pool, Matthijs 1676 births 1732 deaths Engravers from Amsterdam