Albert Jansz Vinckenbrink (1604 in

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– 1665 in

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), was a Dutch Golden Age sculptor in Amsterdam.

Biography

According to the RKD he was a sculptor who learned from his father and became the father of the sculptors Jan, Hendrik, and Abraham Vinckenbrinck.Albert Jansz Vinckenbrink
in the

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He married Geertruyt Collaert. He made the pulpit for the Nieuwe kerk, and a sketch of this is in the portrait made of him by the Holsteyn brothers. That print claims he was a "sculptor of the city of Amsterdam". According to the

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he made the statues of David and Goliath now in their café.Albert Jansz Vinckenbrink
on website Amsterdam Museum

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Vinckenbrink, Albert Jansz 1604 births 1665 deaths Dutch Golden Age sculptors Dutch male sculptors People from Haarlemmerliede en Spaarnwoude Artists from Amsterdam