Gonzales Coques

Portrait of a family

Conzales Coques (* 1614 or 1618 in Antwerp ; † April 18, 1684 ibid) was a Flemish portrait and history painter .

Live and act

He received his training from Pieter Breughel the Elder. J. and David Ryckaert d. Ä., The father of David Ryckaert . In 1643 he married the daughter of David Ryckaert the Elder. Ä. In 1640/1641 Coques became a member of the Guild of Luke in Antwerp. Coques was among others in the service of Charles I of England, Frederik Hendrik of Orange and Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria.

Self portrait

As the preferred portraitist of the Antwerp bourgeoisie, he mainly painted small-format portraits. The portrayed individuals or groups of people are mostly placed in interiors or gardens. Coques also painted history paintings. The proximity to Anton van Dyck's world of representation and his preference for the small format earned him the nickname “little van Dyck”.

literature

Wilhelm Adolf Schmidt: Coques, Gonzales . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 4, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1876, p. 471 f.
Gemäldegalerie Staatliche Museen Preußischer Kulturbesitz Berlin: Catalog of the paintings from the 13th to 18th centuries. Century. Berlin 1975.
Marion Lisken-Pruss, Gonzales Coques (1614-1684). Little Van Dyck , Turnhout: Brepols, 2013, ISBN 978-2-503-51568-7 .

Web links

Gustav Ebe: The German Cicerone - Guide through the art treasures of the countries of the German tongue , p. 338f.

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personal data
SURNAME	Coques, Gonzales
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Coques, Conzales
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Flemish painter
DATE OF BIRTH	1614 or 1618
PLACE OF BIRTH	Antwerp
DATE OF DEATH	April 18, 1684
Place of death	Antwerp