Adam Pynacker
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Adam Christiaensz Pynacker or Pijnacker (15 February 1622, Schiedam
- buried 28 March 1673, Amsterdam
) was a Dutch Golden Age painter, mostly of landscapes
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's daughter. In that year his portrait was painted by his father-in-law. In Schiedam
he baptized two children, but from 1661 until he died, he lived on the Rozengracht in Amsterdam
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, Nicolaes Berchem and Jan Asselyn. He specialized in decorating whole rooms. According to Houbraken, he would turn in his grave if he knew how the fashions had changed, but fortunately the poet P. Verhoek wrote a poem about one of his decorated rooms.
Schiedam
Schiedam is a city and municipality in the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. It is part of the Rotterdam metropolitan area. The city is located west of Rotterdam, east of Vlaardingen and south of Delft...
- buried 28 March 1673, Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
) was a Dutch Golden Age painter, mostly of landscapes
Landscape art
Landscape art is a term that covers the depiction of natural scenery such as mountains, valleys, trees, rivers, and forests, and especially art where the main subject is a wide view, with its elements arranged into a coherent composition. In other works landscape backgrounds for figures can still...
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Biography
Pynacker was the son of a wine merchant, who was a member of the vroedschap, or city regency. He travelled to Italy and was gone for three years. In 1658 he converted to Catholicism in order to marry Eva Maria de Geest, Wybrand de GeestWybrand de Geest
Wybrand Simonsz. de Geest was a Dutch Golden Age portrait painter from Friesland.-Biography:...
's daughter. In that year his portrait was painted by his father-in-law. In Schiedam
Schiedam
Schiedam is a city and municipality in the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. It is part of the Rotterdam metropolitan area. The city is located west of Rotterdam, east of Vlaardingen and south of Delft...
he baptized two children, but from 1661 until he died, he lived on the Rozengracht in Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
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Legacy
Pynacker is considered an example of an Italianate landscape painter, along with Jan Both, Jan Baptist WeenixJan Baptist Weenix
Jan Baptist Weenix , a painter of the Dutch Golden Age. Despite his relatively brief career, he was a very productive and versatile painter. His favourite subjects were Italian landscapes with large figures among ruins, seaside views, and, later in life, large still life pictures of dead game or dogs...
, Nicolaes Berchem and Jan Asselyn. He specialized in decorating whole rooms. According to Houbraken, he would turn in his grave if he knew how the fashions had changed, but fortunately the poet P. Verhoek wrote a poem about one of his decorated rooms.
External links
- Adam Pynacker at Artist-Finder
- Adam Pynacker at the Dulwich Gallery
- Adam Pynacker at the Courtauld Institute of ArtCourtauld Institute of ArtThe Courtauld Institute of Art is a self-governing college of the University of London specialising in the study of the history of art. The Courtauld is one of the premier centres for the teaching of art history in the world; it was the only History of Art department in the UK to be awarded a top...
- Pijnacker in JocondeJocondeJoconde is the central database, now mostly available online, for objects in the collections of the state museums of France, maintained by the French Ministry of Culture. "La Joconde" is the French name of the Mona Lisa, which like almost all the collections of the Louvre, is included in the...
database - Adam Pynacker at the Web Gallery of ArtWeb Gallery of ArtThe Web Gallery of Art is a virtual art gallery website. It displays historic European visual art, mainly from the Baroque, Gothic and Renaissance periods....