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Matthijs Pool (1676–1740)
[Matthijs Pool]
in the RKD
The Netherlands Institute for Art History or RKD (Dutch: RKD-Nederlands Instituut voor Kunstgeschiedenis), previously Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie (RKD), is located in The Hague and is home to the largest art history center i ...
was an engraver from the Northern Netherlands.
Biography
Pool was born and died in
Amsterdam
Amsterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Amstel'') is the capital and most populous city of the Netherlands, with The Hague being the seat of government. It has a population of 907,976 within the city proper, 1,558,755 in the urban ar ...
. According to the RKD he worked with
Gerard de Lairesse
Gerard or GĂ©rard (de) Lairesse (11 September 1641 – June 1711) was a Dutch Golden Age painter and art theorist. His broad range of skills included music, poetry, and theatre. De Lairesse was influenced by the Perugian Cesare Ripa and Fr ...
making engravings for his ''Groot schilderboeck'', and worked with the painter
Barend Graat on publication of engravings after ivory sculptures by
Francis van Bossuit after the classics.
[Matthijs Pool]
in the RKD
The Netherlands Institute for Art History or RKD (Dutch: RKD-Nederlands Instituut voor Kunstgeschiedenis), previously Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie (RKD), is located in The Hague and is home to the largest art history center i ...
In 1708 he married Barend Graat's daughter and his address then changed to the
Leidsegracht
The Leidsegracht () is a canal in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
It is a cross-canal in Amsterdam-Center that connects Herengracht, Keizersgracht, Prinsengracht and Lijnbaansgracht and flows into the Singelgracht at Marnixstraat.
History
The Leid ...
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[ He is known for engravings after other artists and topographical prints. He is also known for depictions of the Bentvueghels that he engraved after paintings by ]Domenicus van Wijnen
Domenicus van Wijnen (Amsterdam 1658 – 1700) was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
Biography
In 1674 he was a pupil of Willem Doudijns in The Hague. He lived in Rome from 1680–90. According to Houbraken he joined the Bentvueghels, an assoc ...
, otherwise known as ''Askaan''.[ Schouburg, VII, p 347 by Arnold Houbraken, 1718]
References
Matthijs Pool
on Artnet
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1676 births
1732 deaths
Engravers from Amsterdam