Discover painter, draftsperson, decorative painter (of interiors) Govert Flinck

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: Flinck, Govaert
Flinck, Govert Anthonisz.
Flinck, Govert Teunisz.

Qualifications: painter, draftsperson, decorative painter (of interiors), art collector
According to Houbraken, his collection, when it was sold after his death, brought in all of about twelve thousand guilders (Houbraken 1721, p. 23).

Nationality/school: German, North Netherlandish

Born: Kleve 1615-01-25
December 25, 1616 (Houbraken 1719)

Deceased: Amsterdam (city) 1660-02-02
December 2, 1660 (Houbraken 1719)

Family relationships this field records any family relationship to one or more other artist(s).: son of Theunis Govertsz. Flinck. Married to Ingetje Claesdr Thoveling (1619-1651) on 3 May 1645 in Amsterdam and to Sophia van der Houve, on 30 May 1656 in Gouda (Obreen 1879-1880); father of Nicolaes Anthoni Flinck (1643-1723)

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351 hits in RKDimages as artist
3 hits in RKDimages as provenance
35 hits in RKDlibrary as subject
1 hit in RKDlibrary as illustrator
1584 hits in RKDexcerpts as artist
219 hits in RKDtechnical as artist

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Biographical information

Period of activity: 1636 - 1660
his first dated works are from 1636

Active in

Leeuwarden (stad) 1629 - 1631
became a pupil of Lambert Jacobsz. c. 1629
Amsterdam (stad) 1633 - 1660
1633-1635 worked under guidance of Rembrandt in the studio of Hendrick Uylenburgh; when Rembrandt left in 1635, Flinck succeeded him as head of the studio.
Kleef 1642
Amsterdam (stad) 1644 - 1660
Probably in 1644 Flinck left the studio of Uylenburgh. He bought two houses at the Lauriersgracht, where he started his own studio. Became a citizen on 24 January 1652 (Scheltema 1853).

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Connections with other artists

Pupil of This field mentions the names of teachers or masters. What is at issue are the teachers who made a significant contribution to the development of a students, as opposed to every instructor they ever had. See also the 'Education' field.: Jacobsz, Lambert
Rembrandt
1633-1636 pupil of Rembrandt
Teacher of This field mentions the names of pupils. What is at issue are the pupils who were significantly influenced by a teacher as opposed to every student someone ever had. See also the 'Education' field.: Buns, Johannes
Flinck, Nicolaes Anthoni
Hopfer, Bartholomäus (II)
Ovens, Jürgen
Spilberg, Johann (II)
Influenced by In contrast with ‘follower of’, we speak of ‘influenced by’ when an artist was influenced outside the context of an educational setting or servile following. An artist can be influenced by several artists at once, or in succession. In addition, there may be question of a transition to a personal style which may demonstrate development.: Helst, Bartholomeus van der
Hanneman, Adriaen
Influence on This field specifies the artists influenced by the artist in question, without there being question of an educational setting or servile following.: Camerarius, Adam

Subjects This field specifies the various subject categories or genres that constitute the oeuvre of the artist in question. The contents of this field are generally based more on the documentation available at the RKD than on the literature.: allegory, history (genre), landscape (genre), portrait, child portrait, architecture (genre)

Medium/technique: oil paint

Literature

Literature in RKDLibrary: 35 hits in RKDlibrary as subject

Houbraken 1718-1721 , vol. 1 (1718), p. 6, 298, vol. 2 (1719), p. 18-27, 131, vol. 3 (1721), p. 43, 206, 394 (as: Govert Flink)
Scheltema 1853 , p. 69
Kramm 1857-1864 , vol. 2 (1858), p. 492-494 (as: Flink, Govert; Flinck, Govert)
Obreen 1877-1890 , vol. 2 (1879-1880), p. 25-26
Von Wurzbach 1906-1911 , vol. 1 (1906), p. 537-539 (as: Flinck, Govaert Flinck)
Thieme/Becker 1907-1950 , vol. 12 (1916), p. 97-100
Gerson 1942/1983 , p. 395-396
Hollstein et al. 1949-2010 , vol. 6 (1952), p. 247
Witt Checklist 1978
Haak 1984 , p. 283-285, 364
Sutton/Blankert 1987 , p. 312-315
Saur 1992- , vol. 41 (2004), p. 240-243 (text: D. Beaujean)
Bakker 2008 , p. 196 (as: Flinck, Govert)
Bakker 2008A , p. 13, 181-182, 197, 240 (as: Flinck, Govert)
Bevers et al. 2009 , passim
Sluijter 2015 , p. 97-110
Horn/Van Leeuwen 2021 [Houbraken Translated]

D.C. Meijer jr., 'De Amsterdamsche schutter-stukken in en buiten het nieuwe Rijks Museum', Oud-Holland 7 (1889), p. 45-60
C.J. de Bruyn Kops, 'Vergeten zelfportretten van Govert Flinck en Bartholomeus van der Helst', Bulletin van het Rijksmuseum 13 (1965), p. 20-29
S.A.C. Dudok van Heel, 'Het 'Schilderhuis' van Govert Flinck en de kunsthandel van Uylenburg aan de Lauriergracht te Amsterdam', Jaarboek Amstelodamum 74 (1982), p. 70-90
P. Jeroense, 'Govaert Flinck (1615-1660) Eine Künstlerbiographie', Niederdeutsche Beiträge zur Kunstgeschichte 63 (1997), p. 73-112
P.J. Jeroense, 'Govaert Flinck (1615-1660); Het werk van de "Kleefse Apelles" besproken in de zeventiende eeuwse beeldpoëzie', Desipientia 4 (1997), no. 1, p. 36-40
N. Dufais, 'Govaert Flinck', [biografisch gedeelte], in: A. Blankert et al., Hollands Classicisme in de zeventiende -eeuwse schilderkunst, (exh.cat. Rotterdam-Frankfurt a/M), Rotterdam 1999, p. 168
W. Liedtke, 'Rembrandt's "Workshop" revisited', Oud Holland 117 (2004), p. 48-73 (esp. p. 68)
Th. Ketelsen, 'Eine neuentdeckte Zeichnung von Govaert Flinck im Dresdener Kupferstich-Kabinett', Dresdener Kunstblätter 51 (2007), p. 93-98
T. van der Molen, 'Govert Flinck: 'geneigt tot grooter ondernemingen'', Maandblad Amstelodamum 94/1 (2007), p. 3-11
R.W. Scheller, 'Hachelijke opdrachten. Vijf schoorsteenstukken in het Amsterdamse stadhuis', in: De verbeelde wereld. Liber amicorum voor Boudewijn Bakker, Bussum 2008, p. 141-151
H. Lootsma, 'Tracing a pose: Govert Flinck and the emergence of the van Dyckian mode of portraiture in Amsterdam', Simiolus 33 (2007/2008), p. 221-236
P. Schatborn, 'The early, Rembrandtesque drawings of Govert Flinck', Master Drawings 48 (2010), p. 4-38
E. Kok, 'Zonder vrienden geen carrière. De succesvolle loopbaan van de zeventiende-eeuwse kunstenaars Govert Flinck en Ferdinand Bol', De zeventiende eeuw 27 (2011), p. 300-336
I.M. Stefanska, 'Konserwacja Mezczyzny w ciemnym stroju Govaerta Flincka w Muzeum Narodowym w Warszawie / Conservation of Portrait of a Man in a Dark Costume by Govaert Flinck in the National Museum in Warsaw', Rocznik Muzeum Narodowego w Warszawie, Nowa Seria / Journal of the National Museum in Warsaw, New Series 37 (2012), p. 227-238, Engl. transl. on p. 239-243
A. Ziemba, 'Modus rusticus portretu holenderskiego jako model tozsamosciowy obywateli Rpubliki Niderlandzkiej: obraz Govaerta Flincka w Muzeum Narodowym w Warsawie / Modus Rusticus as a Model of Dutch Social Identity in Seventeenth-Century Dutch Portrait Painting: A Painting by Govaert Flinck in the National Museum in Warsaw', Rocznik Muzeum Narodowego w Warszawie, Nowa Seria / Journal of the National Museum in Warsaw, New Series 37 (2012), p. 189-211, Engl. transl. on p. 212-226
N. Middelkoop, J. van Gent, M.J. Bok, W. Kloek (eds), 'De Amsterdamse schutterstukken. Inrichting en gebruik van de doelengebouwen in de zeventiende eeuw', Jaarboek van het Genootschap Amstelodamum 105 (2013) (special volume)
N. Geerdink, 'Jan Vos (1610-1667), de schilderkunst en de Amsterdamse regenten', Oud Holland 127 (2014), p. 93-108
W.W. Robinson, 'The Abrams Album: An Album Amicorum of Dutch Drawings from the Seventeenth Century', Master Drawings 53 (2015), p. 3-58
J. Bikker and G. Tauber, 'Odd men out: Govert Flinck and Joachim von Sandrart’s civic guard portraits for the Kloveniersdoelen ', Simiolus 38 (2015-2016), p. 260-272
E. Spaans, 'Rembrandtesk & plooibaar', Museumtijdschrift (2017) no. 7, p. 40-47
Chr. Brown, Exhibitions: 'Rembrandt's master pupils', The Burlington Magazine 160 (2018) no. 1379, p. 142-143

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Project: Inventory Decorative Interior Paintings in the Netherlands (1600-1940)
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Creation date: 1991-12-14; Last modified date: 2023-05-16

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