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1614 Antwerp, Belgium - 1684 Antwerp, Belgium. Known for: Portrait painting and sculpture.
Gonzales Coques was a Flemish Baroque painter born in Antwerp. He was the son of Pieter Willemsen Coques, a respectable Flemish citizen, and not, as his name might imply, a Spaniard. In 1626-28 he... Read full biography
Gonzales Coques was a Flemish Baroque painter born in Antwerp. He was the son of Pieter Willemsen Coques, a respectable Flemish citizen, and not, as his name might imply, a Spaniard. In 1626-28 he entered the studio of Pieter Brueghel the Younger, and subsequently studied with David II Rijckaert.... Read full biography
Gonzales Coques was a Flemish Baroque painter born in Antwerp. He was the son of Pieter Willemsen Coques, a respectable Flemish citizen, and not, as his name might imply, a Spaniard. In 1626-28 he entered the studio of Pieter Brueghel the Younger, and subsequently studied with David II Rijckaert. He is primarily known as a painter of small cabinet conversation pieces, a type of elegant informal group portrait that he is credited with inventing. The influence of Anthony van Dyck resulted in his... Read full biography
Gonzales Coques was a Flemish Baroque painter born in Antwerp. He was the son of Pieter Willemsen Coques, a respectable Flemish citizen, and not, as his name might imply, a Spaniard. In 1626-28 he entered the studio of Pieter Brueghel the Younger, and subsequently studied with David II Rijckaert. He is primarily known as a painter of small cabinet conversation pieces, a type of elegant informal group portrait that he is credited with inventing. The influence of Anthony van Dyck resulted in his nickname "Little van Dyck". After a period of travel, probably to England where Van Dyck was active, he entered Antwerp's Guild of St. Luke in 1640-41. He was married twice, first to Ryckaert's daughter Catharina, and then to Catharina Rysheuvels. He... Read full biography
Gonzales Coques was a Flemish Baroque painter born in Antwerp. He was the son of Pieter Willemsen Coques, a respectable Flemish citizen, and not, as his name might imply, a Spaniard. In 1626-28 he entered the studio of Pieter Brueghel the Younger, and subsequently studied with David II Rijckaert. He is primarily known as a painter of small cabinet conversation pieces, a type of elegant informal group portrait that he is credited with inventing. The influence of Anthony van Dyck resulted in his nickname "Little van Dyck". After a period of travel, probably to England where Van Dyck was active, he entered Antwerp's Guild of St. Luke in 1640-41. He was married twice, first to Ryckaert's daughter Catharina, and then to Catharina Rysheuvels. He was a member of two rhetorician guilds in the city, and twice he was made president of the painters' guild. His small portraits we... Read full biography
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Gonzales Coques was a Flemish Baroque painter born in Antwerp. He was the son of Pieter Willemsen Coques, a respectable Flemish citizen, and not, as his name might imply, a Spaniard. In 1626-28 he entered the studio of Pieter Brueghel the Younger, and subsequently studied with David II Rijckaert. He is primarily known as a painter of small cabinet conversation pieces, a type of elegant informal group portrait that he is credited with inventing. The influence of Anthony van Dyck resulted in his nickname "Little van Dyck".
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