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: ), previously Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie (RKD), is located in The Hague and is home to the largest art history center in the world. The center specializes in document ...

was an engraver from the

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Biography

Pool was born and died in

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. 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 ...

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 RKD was a Dutc ...

on publication of engravings after ivory sculptures by Francis van Bossuit after the classics.Matthijs Pool
in the

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

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. 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 incl ...

that he engraved after paintings by Domenicus van Wijnen, otherwise known as ''Askaan''. Schouburg, VII, p 347 by

Arnold Houbraken Arnold Houbraken (28 March 1660 – 14 October 1719) was a Dutch people, Dutch Painting, painter and writer from Dordrecht, now remembered mainly as a biographer of Dutch Golden Age painters. Life Houbraken was sent first to learn ''threadt ...

, 1718

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