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Hendrick Danckerts (c.1625 - 1680) was a
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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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and engraver, mostly of houses in their landscape settings. After some years in Italy, he spent most of his career in London, working for Charles II and his brother.
Biography
Danckerts was born in The Hague
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, where he learned his trade and remained until 1653.Hendrick Danckertsin
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 ...
He visited England
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for the first time in 1650. In 1653 he went to Italy, where he stayed for five years. He then moved to England where he entered the service of Charles II and the Duke of York (later James II & VII
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.) He painted Italianate landscapes, especially views of harbours and royal residences. He also produced portraits and devotional pictures and made engravings after the Italian old master
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s in the Royal Collection. He left England in 1679 due to the public hostility towards Roman Catholics after the Popish Plot controversy. He died soon after in Amsterdam
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, and was buried on 2 November 1680.
He was also known as the "Master with the two Anchors" and was the younger brother of the painter Johan Danckerts. Danckerts has twenty paintings in public ownership in the United Kingdom.
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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 ...
Hendrick Danckerts
on Artnet {{DEFAULTSORT:Danckerts, Hendrick 1625 births 1680 deaths Dutch engravers Dutch landscape painters Artists from The Hague Dutch Golden Age printmakers Dutch Golden Age painters Dutch male painters