Salomon (de) Koninck (1609 – buried 8 August 1656) was a Dutch painter of

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and portraits, and an engraver. Koninck was born in

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, the son of a

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, originally from

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, and was a nephew of

Philips Koninck Philips Koninck (5 November 1619 – 4 October 1688), also spelled Philip de Koninck, was a Dutch landscape painter and younger brother of Jacob Koninck. Koninck was the son of the jeweler Aert Koninck. He was married twice; in 1641 with Corne ...

. Salomon became a pupil of

Pieter Lastman Pieter Lastman (1583–1633) was a Dutch painter. Lastman is considered important because of his work as a painter of history pieces and because his pupils included Rembrandt and Jan Lievens. In his paintings Lastman paid careful attention to ...

, David Colijns,

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and Claes Corneliszoon Moeyaert. From 1630 he was a member of the Sint Lucasgilde. He moved in the circles of

Rembrandt Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (; ; 15 July 1606 – 4 October 1669), mononymously known as Rembrandt was a Dutch Golden Age painter, printmaker, and Drawing, draughtsman. He is generally considered one of the greatest visual artists in ...

and the academy of

Hendrick van Uylenburgh Hendrick Gerritszoon van Uylenburgh (c. 1587 – 1661) was an influential Dutch Golden Age art dealer who helped launch the careers of Rembrandt, Govert Flinck, Ferdinand Bol and other painters. Biography Van Uylenburgh came from a Frisian ...

, making many copies of Rembrandt's compositions. His paintings have a warm colour palette and include many "philosophers" or scholars. Perhaps one of the better known of these is the ''Philosopher with an Open Book'' at the

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that was long attributed to Rembrandt and served as companion piece to Rembrandt's ''

Philosopher in Meditation ''Philosopher in Meditation'', recently renamed ''Philosopher in Contemplation'' by the museum, is the traditional title of an oil painting in the Louvre, Musée du Louvre, Paris, that is attributed to the 17th-century Dutch artist Rembrandt. I ...

''.

He married a daughter of

Adriaen van Nieulandt Adriaen van Nieulandt (1586 or 1587, Antwerp - buried 7 July 1658, Amsterdam) was a Dutch painter, draughtsman and engraver of Flemish descent. He is known for his history paintings with biblical and mythological subjects, often incorporating ele ...

and later a sister of Antonie van Stralen. He died in Amsterdam in 1656. In 2019, Koninck's ''A Scholar Sharpening His Quill (1639)'' was restituted to the Schloss family from whom it was looted by Nazis.

External links

Information at the Netherlands Institute for Art HistorySalomon Koninck
at PubHist *
St. Matthew with an Angel
' by Salomon Koninck from the Museum & Gallery collection in Greenville, SC

References

Dutch Golden Age painters Dutch male painters Dutch genre painters 1609 births 1656 deaths Dutch Golden Age printmakers Painters from Amsterdam {{Netherlands-painter-stub