Quirijn or Coryn Boel the Younger (1620 – 1668) was a Flemish engraver.

Life

Boel was born in

Antwerp Antwerp (; nl, Antwerpen ; french: Anvers ; es, Amberes) is the largest city in Belgium by area at and the capital of Antwerp Province in the Flemish Region. With a population of 520,504,

as the son of

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. He was the nephew of Quirijn Boel the Elder. Boel worked in Antwerp and in Brussels. His three children were born and baptized in Brussels between 1656 and 1661. The godfathers of the children included prominent painters active in Brussels who were originally from Antwerp such as

David Teniers the Younger David Teniers the Younger or David Teniers II (bapt. 15 December 1610 – 25 April 1690) was a Flemish Baroque painter, printmaker, draughtsman, miniaturist painter, staffage painter, copyist and art curator. He was an extremely versatile arti ...

and

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. He died in either Antwerp or Brussels.

Work

Boel is known for engravings after old master paintings, most notably a selection of paintings for David Teniers the Younger for his ''

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''.Quirin Boel (II)
at the

Netherlands Institute for Art History 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 ...

File:Coryn Boel - Blind leading the Blind SVK-SNG.G 11965-216.jpg, Engraving of ''The Blind Leading the Blind'' after a painting by

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File:Quirijn Boel - Venus and Adonis SVK-SNG.G 11965-128.jpg, Engraving of '' Venus and Adonis'', after a painting by

Andrea Schiavone Andrea Meldolla ( hr, Andrija Medulić), also known as Andrea Schiavone or Andrea Lo Schiavone (c. 1510/15–1563) was an Italian Renaissance painter and etcher, born in present-day Croatia, active mainly in the city of Venice. His style com ...

References

1620 births 1668 deaths Artists from Antwerp Flemish engravers {{engraver-stub