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1615 Kleef, Holland - 1660 Amsterdam, Holland. Known for: Society portrait and history painting, life-study drawings.
Govaert Flinck was one of Rembrandt's most talented pupils. He is recorded in the master's Amsterdam studio from 1635 until 1636, when, according to his early biographer Houbraken, he established... Read full biography
Govaert Flinck was one of Rembrandt's most talented pupils. He is recorded in the master's Amsterdam studio from 1635 until 1636, when, according to his early biographer Houbraken, he established himself as an autonomous artist (A. Houbraken, De Groote Schouburgh de Nederlantsche konstschilders en... Read full biography
Govaert Flinck was one of Rembrandt's most talented pupils. He is recorded in the master's Amsterdam studio from 1635 until 1636, when, according to his early biographer Houbraken, he established himself as an autonomous artist (A. Houbraken, De Groote Schouburgh de Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen, Amsterdam, 1718-1721, II, p. 18). Rembrandt greatly influenced Flinck's career, which is especially evident in Flinck's lasting interest in the genre of the tronie: a type of imaginary... Read full biography
Govaert Flinck was one of Rembrandt's most talented pupils. He is recorded in the master's Amsterdam studio from 1635 until 1636, when, according to his early biographer Houbraken, he established himself as an autonomous artist (A. Houbraken, De Groote Schouburgh de Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen, Amsterdam, 1718-1721, II, p. 18). Rembrandt greatly influenced Flinck's career, which is especially evident in Flinck's lasting interest in the genre of the tronie: a type of imaginary portrait or character study, painted from a living model but depicting a stock character or a particular personality. Such tronies by Rembrandt and his pupils possess as much (and on occasion even more) penetrating analysis of the human psyche in all... Read full biography
Govaert Flinck was one of Rembrandt's most talented pupils. He is recorded in the master's Amsterdam studio from 1635 until 1636, when, according to his early biographer Houbraken, he established himself as an autonomous artist (A. Houbraken, De Groote Schouburgh de Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen, Amsterdam, 1718-1721, II, p. 18). Rembrandt greatly influenced Flinck's career, which is especially evident in Flinck's lasting interest in the genre of the tronie: a type of imaginary portrait or character study, painted from a living model but depicting a stock character or a particular personality. Such tronies by Rembrandt and his pupils possess as much (and on occasion even more) penetrating analysis of the human psyche in all its different guises as their portraits of specific sitters. The tronies of o... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Drawing, Draftsmanship, Draughtsman
Art Media
Art Subject
- •Bible, Biblical Figures, Themes
- •History: Historical Figures, Sites, Buildings, Events
- •Portraits: Notables, Society, Celebrity, Historical and/or Royalty
Art Teacher
- •Rembrandt