Govert Flinck

Details

Instance of

human

Born

25 January 1615

Died

2 February 1660

Place of birth

Kleve

Place of death

Amsterdam

Sex or gender

male

Given name

Govert

Family name

Flinck

Child

Nicolaes Anthoni Flinck

Movement

Dutch Golden Age painting

Field of work

painting

Occupation

painter, visual artist, draftsperson, art collector, artist

Citizenship

Dutch Republic

artist files at

Frick Art Research Library

birth name

Govert Teuniszoon Flinck

contributed to creative work

Album amicorum of Jacobus Heyblocq (1623-1690), rector of the Latin school in Amsterdam

depicted by

Flinck, Govaert

described by source

The Great Theatre of Dutch Painters, Nordisk familjebok, Het Gulden Cabinet, Teutsche Academie der Edlen Bau- Bild- und Mahlerey-Künste, Lives of Flemish, German, and Dutch painters, The Lives of Dutch painters and paintresses, Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition

end of work period

1660

has works in the collection

Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Städel Museum, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Art Institute of Chicago, Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Finnish National Gallery, J. Paul Getty Museum, National Gallery of Victoria, National Gallery of Art, Nationalmuseum, KB, nationale bibliotheek, Metropolitan Museum of Art

influenced by

Rembrandt

languages spoken, written or signed

Dutch

notable work

Girl by a High Chair, Portrait of a man, Portrait of a 44-year-old man

short name

Govert Flinck

start of work period

1636

student of

Rembrandt

work location

Leeuwarden, Amsterdam, Kleve

Connected on Wikidata

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