David Vinckboons (baptized 13 August 1576 – c.1632 ) was a Dutch Golden Age painter born in Mechelen,

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. Vinckboons, whose name is often spelled as Vingboons, Vinghboons, Vinckebonis or Vinckboom, had at least ten children. His sons were the cartographer and watercolourist

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and the architects

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and Philip. Vinckboons himself died in

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Biography

Vinckboons was one of the most prolific and popular painters and print designers in the

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. Himself influenced by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, he was instrumental – together with

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– in the development of genre painting in the northern Netherlands. Vinckboons was born in Mechelen. The family moved to Antwerp around 1580, and then to

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after the

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occupation of Antwerp in 1585. It is not likely they moved for religious reasons to Amsterdam. His father became a citizen in 1591, but none of his grandchildren were baptized in a Calvinist church. In 1602 David married in

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to Agneta van Loon, the daughter of a

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. Then he lived in

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like many other artists and painters. According to

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he did not have any teacher other than his father Phillipe, a painter on canvas with watercolors, an art form practised mainly in his birthplace of Mechelen. David specialized in elegant figures in park-like landscapes (''Outdoor Merry Company'', 1610; Vienna, Akademie der Bildenden Künste) as well as

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and other village festivals. He also produced Biblical scenes such as ''Tobias and the Angel'' (1619,

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). His landscapes reflect his contact with

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. Vinckboons attracted a number of students; among them were Gillis d'Hondecoeter, Claes Janszoon Visscher and probably

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. Vingboons, as his name is often spelled, and many other varieties are to be found, had at least ten children. His sons were the cartographer and watercolourist

and the architects

and Philip. Pieter, an engineer and soldier, died on Ceylon.

Work

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References

* Liedtke, W. (2007) Dutch paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, p. 913. * Sutton, P. C. (ed.), ''Masters of Seventeenth-Century Dutch Genre Painting'', exhib. cat. 1984 (Philadelphia Museum; Berlin, Gemäldegalerie; London, RA)

External links

Works and literature on David Vinckboons
at PubHist *
Pieter Bruegel the Elder: Drawings and Prints
', a full text exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, which includes material on David Vinckboons (see index) {{DEFAULTSORT:Vinckboons, David 1576 births 1629 deaths Dutch Golden Age painters Dutch male painters Flemish Baroque painters Artists from Mechelen Painters from Amsterdam