Willem van Steenwinckel

Willem van Steenwinckel (* around 1590; † after June 22, 1653 in Copenhagen ) was an architect and builder from the Flemish artist family Steenwinckel .

Life

Brockdorff Palace

Van Steenwinckel was a son of the Royal Danish builder Hans van Steenwinckel . He went to Willem Cornelisz. in Laholm and Halmstad (today Halland Province in Sweden). He rose to become a royal builder with the construction of Laholm Castle and became a fortress builder in Halmstad around 1625. In 1629 he came to the Schleswig-Holstein government in Glückstadt as a master builder and in 1630/31 built the now no longer preserved Glückstadt Palace , the town hall (1642/43) and the new district on the island of Rethöwel on behalf of the building-loving King Christian IV . He also built the Brockdorff Palace for the fortress commander Count Pentz .

He was appointed master builder in Glückstadt on February 28, 1630. He was the brother of Hans and Morten Steenwinckel. On January 3, 1635, King Christian assigned him 2000 Reichstaler. After the death of King Christian IV, he returned to Copenhagen. In 1649 he complained there to King Friedrich III. that he was in distress whereupon he received some minor payments. Further demands are known up to June 22nd, 1653, after which it is no longer mentioned.

literature

Steenwinkel, van (artist family) . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 31 : Siemering – Stephens . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1937.

Web links

Hugo Johannsen: Willum van Steenwinckel. Kunstindeks Danmark

Individual evidence

↑ Carl Frederik Bricka, Julius Albert Fridericia: Kong Christian den fjerdes egenhendige breve (1632-1635) . R. Klein, Copenhagen 1878, p. 319 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
^ Philip Weilbach : Steenwinkel. Villum eller Villom . In: Nyt dansk Kunstnerlexikon . tape 2 : L-Ø , 1896, p. 417-418 ( rosekamp.dk ).

personal data
SURNAME	Steenwinckel, Willem van
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Steenwinckel, Willum; Steenwinkel, Villum; Steenwinkel, Wyllem
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Danish architect and builder
DATE OF BIRTH	around 1590
DATE OF DEATH	after June 22, 1653
Place of death	Copenhagen

[1] Carl Frederik Bricka, Julius Albert Fridericia: Kong Christian den fjerdes egenhendige breve (1632-1635) . R. Klein, Copenhagen 1878, p. 319 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

[2] Philip Weilbach : Steenwinkel. Villum eller Villom . In: Nyt dansk Kunstnerlexikon . tape 2 : L-Ø , 1896, p. 417-418 ( rosekamp.dk ).