Cornelis van Poelenburgh

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Cornelis van Poelenburgh (detail from a larger print)
Thomas Walraven van Arkel, portrayed by Cornelis van Poelenburgh (1651)
Women Bathing in a Landscape (around 1630)

Cornelis van Poelenburgh (* 1594 / 95 in Utrecht , † 12. August 1667 ) was a Dutch painter of the Baroque .

life and work

Cornelis van Poelenburgh was a student of Abraham Bloemaert , traveled to Italy and from 1617 stayed in Rome, where he continued his education under the influence of Elsheimer . Later, in Florence , he also met Jacques Callot . From 1627 the artist is proven again in Utrecht. In 1637 he was called to London by King Charles I , but soon returned to his hometown, where he died on August 12, 1667.

For Cornelis van Poelenburgh, Italianizing landscapes with a mythological character or bucolic decor are characteristic. He painted several smaller landscapes from the area of ​​Rome with naked figures from ancient mythology ( satyrs , nymphs , etc.), with biblical scenes and with accessories based on Italian poets. His works are characterized by a smooth, neat treatment, which were in great demand in the 18th century because of this advantage and are therefore numerous in many galleries. Occasionally he worked with Jan Both , for example on the painting The Judgment of Paris , where Poelenburg inserted the figures into a landscape painted by Both, but also with Alexander Keirincx .

Jan Gerritsz van Bronckhorst is one of his students .

Works (excerpt)

  • The children of Elector Friedrich V of the Palatinate . Oil on oak, 52.5 × 83.5 cm. Alte Pinakothek , Munich
  • Vue du Campo Vaccino , 40 × 55 cm, 1660, Musée du Louvre , Paris .
  • Women bathing in a landscape . Oil on canvas, 35 × 43.5 cm, around 1630, National Gallery , London
  • The judgment of Paris . Oil on canvas, 97 × 129 cm, around 1645/50, National Gallery, London

literature

Web links

Commons : Cornelis van Poelenburch  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Helge Siefert: To the glory of the hero. History and genre painting of the 17th and 18th centuries , Munich 1993, 192
personal data
SURNAME Poelenburgh, Cornelis van
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Satiro, Cornelio; Poelenburg, Cornelis van; Poelenburgh, Cornelio; Poelenburch, Cornelis van; Poelemburg, Corneille; Poelenbourch, Cornelius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch painter
DATE OF BIRTH between 1594 and 1595
PLACE OF BIRTH Utrecht
DATE OF DEATH August 12, 1667
Place of death Utrecht