Hendrick Munnichhoven (or Hendrik Munnikhoven, Münnichhoven, Munnichhoven, Munnekus, Munnikus och Monnickes), probably born in
Utrecht
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, (died August 1664, Stockholm) was a Dutch painter. He became a master in the Utrecht Guild of Saint Luke in 1627 or 1633 and its dean in 1643.Hendrik Münnichhoven in the
RKD
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The same year he moved to The Hague as court painter of
Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange
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. He was hired in 1650 by
Queen Christina of Sweden
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and was commissioned to paint several portraits. Munnikhoven was mainly active as a copyist of other artists' works; one of his copies of
David Beck
David Beck (or Beek; May 25, 1621December 20, 1656), was a Dutch Golden Age portrait painter.
Biography
Beck was born in Delft, and was named after his uncle, a well-known poet from Arnhem.Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie is on display at
Gripsholm Castle
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In 1648 he joined the service of Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie in Prague; he accompanied De la Gardie to Leipzig, Riga and Stockholm during the next years. He performed several portraits of De la Gardie and his relatives. When Queen Christina abdicated in 1654 he moved to
Charles X Gustav of Sweden
Charles X Gustav, also Carl Gustav ( sv, Karl X Gustav; 8 November 1622 – 13 February 1660), was King of Sweden from 1654 until his death. He was the son of John Casimir, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Kleeburg and Catherine of Sweden. Afte ...
's services and portraited in the following years the King and Queen Hedvig Eleonora.
In 1660 he moved to Riga, but his stay there was short-lived and he returned to Stockholm, where he died in 1664. His older sister Barbara Swever took over his paint shop.
Works
Of his Swedish production, he performed including three major paintings for De la Gardie, a painting of Hercules, Venus and Cupid, Venus with a full-length and one with Mars on a drum. Although these works have been lost, there are a number of surviving portraits of Munnichhoven own as well as copies of others' works. His works include the large double portrait of De la Gardie and
Countess Palatine Maria Eufrosyne of Zweibrücken
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, as well as that of
Beata Elisabet von Königsmarck
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She was the daughter of Hans Christoff von Königsmarck and Barbara von Leist: through her brother, she was thereby the paternal aunt of Carl Johan von Köni ...
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He should not be confused with the Dutch painter Hendrick Munniks.
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