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Hendrik van Steenwijck I (also ''Steenwyck'', ''Steenwijk'') (''c''. 1550 – buried 1 September 1603Hendrik van Steenwijck I
at the Netherlands Institute for Art History) was a
Van Steenwijck was born in
Vermeer and The Delft School
a full text exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, which contains material on Hendrik van Steenwijk I {{DEFAULTSORT:Steenwijk, Hendrik van, I 1550s births 1603 deaths Dutch Renaissance painters People from Kampen, Overijssel
Hendrik van Steenwijck I (also ''Steenwyck'', ''Steenwijk'') (''c''. 1550 – buried 1 September 1603Hendrik van Steenwijck Iat the Netherlands Institute for Art History) was a
Dutch Golden Age painter
Dutch Golden Age painting is the painting of the Dutch Golden Age, a period in Dutch history roughly spanning the 17th century, during and after the later part of the Eighty Years' War (1568–1648) for Dutch independence.
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, from early in the period, known mainly for his church interiors.
Van Steenwijck was born in Kampen
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, and was a student of the architectural painter
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Hans Vredeman de Vries
Hans Vredeman de Vries (1527 – c. 1607) was a Dutch Renaissance architect, painter, and engineer. Vredeman de Vries is known for his publication in 1583 on garden design and his books with many examples on ornaments (1565) and perspective (1604 ...
, and the father of Hendrik van Steenwijk II
Hendrik van Steenwijck II (also ''Steenwyck, Steinwick'') (c.1580–1640
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, ccessed November 26, 2007 He is known to have worked in Aachen
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(1573–76), Antwerp
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(1577–85) and Frankfurt (from 1586 on), where he died.
Van Steenwijck is the earliest-known painter of architectural interiors, a genre that was popular in Dutch Golden Age and Flemish Baroque painting
Flemish Baroque painting refers to the art produced in the Southern Netherlands during Spanish control in the 16th and 17th centuries. The period roughly begins when the Dutch Republic was split from the Habsburg Spain regions to the south with ...
. In addition to introducing the new genre, he also worked with more natural lighting and perspectival space than found in the works of his teacher Vredeman de Vries.
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Further reading
* (see index, v.1).External links
Vermeer and The Delft School
a full text exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, which contains material on Hendrik van Steenwijk I {{DEFAULTSORT:Steenwijk, Hendrik van, I 1550s births 1603 deaths Dutch Renaissance painters People from Kampen, Overijssel