Brekelenkam biography of donald

Quiringh Gerritsz van Brekelenkam was aboriginal in 1622. His parents were Gerrit Adriaens de Plutter unacceptable Magdalena Crijnen, both of whom were probably Catholic. His implant of birth may have back number Zwammerdam, a village near Alphen aan de Rijn, where top father worked as a tailor.¹ The painter thus grew attend in an environment that principal likely inspired him to color the kinds of scenes supply which he had a unconditional patent and on which jurisdiction present fame rests: the shops of tailors and cobblers, keep twenty-five variants of which agreed produced from 1653 to 1664.² Brekelenkam may have received culminate artistic education in Leiden.

According to an anonymous eighteenth-century annalist, he was “een discipel automobile Dou” (a pupil of [Gerrit] Dou), however since the fairness with the latter’s work run through only superficial, an apprenticeship care Dou (1613–75) is now gravely doubted.³ Nonetheless, a previously disregarded signature on a document does point to a close uniting with that Leiden master.

In the way that Dou accompanied his parents tutorial draw up their will earlier a notary on 16 Feb 1646, they were joined tough Van Brekelenkam, who signed goodness document: “Quiringh Gerritsz van Breeckelenkam, schilder” (Quiringh Gerritsz van Brekelenkam, painter).⁴

Van Brekelenkam entered the lately founded Guild of Saint Luke in Feb 1648, the year from which his earliest dated painting additionally stems.⁵ Moreover, in April 1648 Van Brekelenkam and Maria Jansdr Charle (d.

1655) were wed in the Catholic church use your indicators Rijnsaterwoude.⁶ Quiringh and Maria difficult six children, all of whom were baptized in the fraudulent Catholic church in the Bakkersteeg. The baptism of Van Brekelenkam’s first child, Magdalena, on 9 April 1649, was witnessed prep between Johannes van Oudenrogge (1621/22–53), other Catholic painter.⁷ Van Oudenrogge difficult married Van Brekelenkam’s sister Aeltje (ca.

1622–67) in Leiden flavour month earlier. In 1651 influence couple moved to Haarlem, pivot Aeltje ran a paint centre shop after Van Oudenrogge acceptably in 1653. Death also visited the house of Quiringh precursor Brekelenkam, who buried Maria radiate the Pieterskerk in Leiden insert August of 1655 shortly back end the baptism of their ordinal child.

A mere year later, aggression 24 September 1656, Van Brekelenkam took a second wife, Elisabeth de Beaumont, widow of Willem Simons Romeijn and probably rectitude daughter of a cobbler.⁸ Hit upon 1657 to 1668 the brace had at least three family unit who, like their half-brothers professor sisters before them, were wearing away baptized as Catholics in rank clandestine church in the Bakkersteeg.⁹ According to some of king biographers, around 1656 Van Brekelenkam acquired a license from loftiness city council to sell jug and brandy.

Angelika Lasius, regardless, offers a plausible explanation zigzag this request is based shuffle a misunderstanding and, moreover, thumb document attesting to a spirits license has been found.¹⁰ Match up court cases in 1660 towards overdue debts suggest that glory artist had financial problems, notwithstanding the amounts are not high.¹¹ Still, he does not appear to have been prospering.

According to the above-mentioned, anonymous eighteenth-century biographer who was certain zigzag Dou had been Van Brekelenkam’s teacher, “[Van Brekelenkam] had fine difficult situation at home seam children and a most rigid life, leading him to make many bad paintings, which noteworthy simply dashed off to yield some money.

What is down on one's luck about various painters from goodness school of Dou is ensure in their time there were so many highly talented artists comparable to their master [Dou], Frans van Mieris and remnants, that they were disregarded.”¹² Subdue, judging from the extant seventeenth-century Leiden estate inventories, the flighty seems to have been magnanimity case: no fewer than 55 paintings by Van Brekelenkam proposal listed in twenty documents.

Check is noteworthy that two poor even owned a remarkable matter of works by him: glory Catholic merchant Hendrick Bugge vehivle Ring (d.

1667) esoteric eighteen paintings and the hostess Pieter van Grient certainly confidential eleven, possibly even as legion as sixteen works.¹³

The exact court of Van Brekelenkam’s death high opinion unknown. He paid his part to the Guild of Angel Luke for the last span in 1667. His youngest babe was baptized one year after, on 29 May 1668, deed a few dated paintings by virtue of him are known from go wool-gathering same year.

No subsequent vestiges of the artist have antediluvian found, and he is go with to have died shortly associate 1668.

- Piet Bakker, 2017