Laurens van der Vinne
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Laurens Vincentsz van der Vinne (1658, Haarlem
Haarlem
Haarlem is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of North Holland, the northern half of Holland, which at one time was the most powerful of the seven provinces of the Dutch Republic...

 – 1729, Haarlem
Haarlem
Haarlem is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of North Holland, the northern half of Holland, which at one time was the most powerful of the seven provinces of the Dutch Republic...

), was an 18th century painter from the Northern Netherlands.

Biography

According to Houbraken he was the oldest and artistically most gifted son of the painter Vincent van der Vinne
Vincent van der Vinne
Vincent Laurensz van der Vinne was a Dutch Mennonite painter, linen-weaver, and writer.- Biography :He lived and worked in Haarlem and was a student of Frans Hals for nine months in 1647. In 1649 he became a member of the Haarlem Guild of St. Luke. In 1652 he left on a Grand Tour through Germany,...

. Laurens helped his father draw up the list of 173 members of the Haarlem Guild of St. Luke
Haarlem Guild of St. Luke
The Haarlem Guild of Saint Luke was first a Christian, and later a city Guild for a large number of trades falling under the patron saints Luke the Evangelist and Saint Eligius.-History:...

 that Vincent van der Vinne produced in 1702. He learned to paint from his father, and his paintings were similar, but he was especially good at painting flower still lifes, many of which he painted for Philips de Flines, who kept a garden with rare plants from the East and West Indies.

According to the RKD he learned to paint from his father, and from the glass painter Pieter Berchem. He became a member of the Haarlem Guild of St. Luke
Haarlem Guild of St. Luke
The Haarlem Guild of Saint Luke was first a Christian, and later a city Guild for a large number of trades falling under the patron saints Luke the Evangelist and Saint Eligius.-History:...

 in 1685, and was dean in 1722 and 1728. He is known for landscapes and flower still lifes. His brothers Jan
Jan Vincentsz van der Vinne
Jan Vincentsz van der Vinne , was an 18th century painter from the Northern Netherlands.-Biography:According to Houbraken he was one of the three sons of Vincent van der Vinne, "the one working more, and the other working less", in the arts.According to the RKD, except for a short stay in England...

 and Isaac, and his three sons Jacob, Jan Laurensz, and Vincent II also were painters.
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