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Pieter van Coninxloo (c. 1460–1513) was an Early Netherlandish painter first documented as active in 
Van Coninxloo specialised in portraiture, and worked at different times for the Burgundian court. He is thought to have painted a portrait, now in the
Pieter van Coninxloo (c. 1460–1513) was an Early Netherlandish painter first documented as active in Brussels
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from 1479. Little is known of his life apart from his appearance in records of 1479, 1503 and 1513, in the archives of Margaret of Austria when he is mentioned in relation to the commission of portraits. He came from a family of artists; at least six generations were painters. His brother was Jan van Coninxloo
Jan van Coninxloo or van Coninxlo, also known as Jan II or Jan the Younger, was born at Brussels in 1489 (?), but nothing is known of the details of his career. His father, who bore the same Christian name, had another son, Pieter van Coninxloo: bo ...
.
Van Coninxloo specialised in portraiture, and worked at different times for the Burgundian court. He is thought to have painted a portrait, now in the Royal Collection
The Royal Collection of the British royal family is the largest private art collection in the world.
Spread among 13 occupied and historic royal residences in the United Kingdom, the collection is owned by King Charles III and overseen by the ...
at Windsor Castle
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The original c ...
, of Margaret of Austria commissioned by Philip the Good
Philip III (french: Philippe le Bon; nl, Filips de Goede; 31 July 1396 – 15 June 1467) was Duke of Burgundy from 1419 until his death. He was a member of a cadet line of the Valois dynasty, to which all 15th-century kings of France belon ...
with the intention of sending it to Henry VII of England
Henry VII (28 January 1457 – 21 April 1509) was King of England and Lord of Ireland from his seizure of the crown on 22 August 1485 until his death in 1509. He was the first monarch of the House of Tudor.
Henry's mother, Margaret Beaufort, ...
. He was employed in 1513 to paint portraits of the future Charles V Charles V may refer to:
* Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (1500–1558)
* Charles V of Naples (1661–1700), better known as Charles II of Spain
* Charles V of France (1338–1380), called the Wise
* Charles V, Duke of Lorraine (1643–1690)
* Infant ...
and his sisters. Max Friedländer believes he may have been one of the most significant of the Brussels school painters before Bernard van Orley
Bernard van Orley (between 1487 and 1491 – 6 January 1541), also called Barend or Barent van Orley, Bernaert van Orley or Barend van Brussel, was a versatile Flemish artist and representative of Dutch and Flemish Renaissance painting, who w ...
. However only a handful of his works have survived, and even these are tentatively attributed.
He is sometimes associated with the unidentified artist known as the Master of the Legend of the Magdalen (''Meister der Magdalenenlegende''), thought to have been a court painter to Margaret of Austria, and who shares similarities of style, time and location. A number of art historians, including Max Friedländer, who first identified the Master of the Legend of the Magdalen, speculated that they may have been the same person. He may also have been a member of the master's workshop.Campbell, 114
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Sources
* Campbell, Lorne. ''The Fifteenth Century Netherlandish Schools''. London: National Gallery Publications, 1998. {{DEFAULTSORT:Coninxloo, Pieter van 1460s births 1513 deaths Early Netherlandish painters