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Cornelis van Poelenburgh or Cornelis van Poelenburch (1594 – 12 August 1667),Cornelis van Poelenburch
in the RKD
was a Dutch landscape painter and draughtsman. He was the leading representative of the first generation of Dutch landscape painters who were active in Rome in the early 17th century. He was known for small-scale paintings depicting Italianate landscapes with small figures enacting biblical or mythological scenes or in contemporary attire.Nicolette C. Sluijter-Seijffert. "Poelenburch, Cornelis van." Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press. Web. 24 Aug. 2016


Life

His birthplace is unknown. A signed document survives in Utrecht where he is listed as six years old and the son of Simon van Poelenburch, a Catholic canon in Utrecht. He initially trained with Abraham Bloemaert, and his earliest signed paintings are from 1620. He traveled to Rome where he was influenced by Adam ElsheimerKornelis Poelenburg biography
in ''De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen'' (1718) by
Arnold Houbraken Arnold Houbraken (28 March 1660 – 14 October 1719) was a Dutch painter and writer from Dordrecht, now remembered mainly as a biographer of Dutch Golden Age painters. Life Houbraken was sent first to learn ''threadtwisting'' (Twyndraat) fr ...
, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature
and became a founding member of the
Bentvueghels The Bentvueghels (Dutch for "Birds of a Feather") were a society of mostly Dutch and Flemish artists active in Rome from about 1620 to 1720. They are also known as the Schildersbent ("painters' clique"). Activities The members, which included ...
, the society of mainly Flemish and Dutch artists working in Rome. The Bentveughels would typically adopt a nickname referred to as the 'bent name'. Van Poelenburch's bentname was ‘satiro’ (‘Satyr’). He counted a few Roman cardinals under his patrons. He was called to England by Charles I of England, for whom he made small cabinet pieces. A warrant for payment of rent of a house in Orchard Street, Westminster, for the dwellings of Cornelis van Poelenburgh and
Alexander Keirincx Alexander KeirincxAlexander Keirincx
at the
Abraham Bloemaert. His "most important and successful" pupils were
Daniël Vertangen Daniel Vertangen (1601, Amsterdam – ca.1683, Amsterdam), was a Dutch Golden Age painter. Biography According to Houbraken he was a pupil of Cornelis van Poelenburch.Dirck van der Lisse,
François Verwilt Francois (Frans) Verwilt (c.1623 in Rotterdam - 8 August 1691 in Rotterdam) was as a Dutch Golden Age landscape painter. Biography He was the son of the painter Adriaan Verwilt of Antwerp and was apprenticed to Cornelius van Poelenburgh (1586 ...
, and
Jan van Haensbergen Johannes (Jan) van Haensbergen (1642–1705) was a Dutch Golden Age painter. Biography He was registered in the Utrecht Guild of St. Luke in 1668 and in 1669 he was registered in the Confrerie Pictura in The Hague, where he married Johanna van ...
.
Arnold Houbraken Arnold Houbraken (28 March 1660 – 14 October 1719) was a Dutch painter and writer from Dordrecht, now remembered mainly as a biographer of Dutch Golden Age painters. Life Houbraken was sent first to learn ''threadtwisting'' (Twyndraat) fr ...
claimed that his best pupil was Joan vander Lis from Breda (not Dirk vander Lis from The Hague). Houbraken then mentioned Vertangen, Verwilt, Warnard van Rysen from Bommel, and
Willem van Steenree Willem () is a Dutch and West FrisianRienk de Haan, ''Fryske Foarnammen'', Leeuwarden, 2002 (Friese Pers Boekerij), , p. 158. masculine given name. The name is Germanic, and can be seen as the Dutch equivalent of the name William in English, G ...
, a nephew. The RKD also mentions Laurens Barata.


Work

He painted mostly small landscapes with mythical or religious figures or passages, in a style that would later be evident in some of the works of Claude Lorraine. His early work is similar in style to that of
Bartholomeus Breenbergh Bartholomeus Breenbergh (before 13 November 1598 – after 3 October 1657) was a Dutch Golden Age painter of Italian and Italianate landscapes, in Rome (1619-1630) and Amsterdam (1630-1657). Biography Little is known of his early life. In his ...
to the point that their paintings are sometimes difficult to tell apart.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Poelenburgh, Cornelis van 1594 births 1667 deaths Artists from Utrecht Dutch Golden Age painters Dutch male painters Dutch landscape painters Members of the Bentvueghels