Gerard van Zyl
Illustration — Portrait of Govert Flinck with poem by Joost van den Vondel, by Gerard Pietersz van Zijl Gerrit or Gerard Pietersz van Zijl, also van Zyl / Zyll or Geerards (c.1607, Leiden – 19 December 1665, Amsterdam) was a Dutch Golden Age painter of portraits and genre scenes.
Also recorded as Geraardts Pieteresz. Zyl · Gerards Pietersz. van Zyl · Gerrit P. van Zyl · Gerard Pietersz. van Zyll
Gerard van Zyl
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- Born
- 1607 · Leiden.
- Died
- 1665 · Amsterdam.
- Nationality
- Dutch Republic
- Occupation
- painter · designer
- Education
- Leiden University
- Languages
- Dutch
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Illustration — Portrait of Govert Flinck with poem by Joost van den Vondel, by Gerard Pietersz van Zijl Gerrit or Gerard Pietersz van Zijl, also van Zyl / Zyll or Geerards (c.1607, Leiden – 19 December 1665, Amsterdam) was a Dutch Golden Age painter of portraits and genre scenes.
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Gerard van Zyl (1607–1665) was a Dutch designer and painter. Born in Leiden, the designer died in Amsterdam.
Gerard van Zyl studied at Leiden University. The designer worked in Amsterdam, Leiden and London.
Languages used include Dutch. Works by Gerard van Zyl are held at Bavarian State Painting Collections, Führermuseum and Kunstmuseum Den Haag, among others.
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Gerard van Zyl studied at Leiden University. The recorded working language is Dutch. Places of work recorded in the authority are Amsterdam, London and Leiden. Work by Gerard van Zyl is recorded in the collections of Statens Museum for Kunst, Bavarian State Painting Collections, Kunstmuseum Den Haag, Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium and Führermuseum.
He is the best-known member of a family of painters active in the 16th and 17th centuries during the Dutch Golden Age. A pupil of Jacob Pynas in Amsterdam, he worked in London from 1639 to 1641, where he was a friend of Anthony van Dyck. His portraits were popular in his own lifetime, and according to Houbraken's biography of Jan Verkolje, he was an inspiration to aspiring portrait painters. He painted a now-lost portrait of Govert Flinck which Abraham Blooteling made into a print.
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Gerard van Zyl is recorded as a citizen of Dutch Republic. Recorded with the occupation designer. Recorded with the occupation painter.
Gerard van Zyl, Gerard Pietersz. van Zijl - Gastmahl - 6657 - Bavarian State Painting Collections
Gerard van Zyl
Gerard van Zyl, Gerard Pietersz. van Zijl - Dancing Party - KMSsp457 - Statens Museum for Kunst
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1607
Gerard van Zyl was born on 1 January 1607.
1665
Gerard van Zyl died on 19 December 1665.
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The authorities additionally record the headings Geraardts Pieteresz. His recorded language was Dutch.
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Zyl, Gerards Pietersz. Van Zyl, Gerrit P. van Zyl, Gerard Pietersz. Van Zyll and Gerard Pietersz. Van Zyl
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Statens Museum for Kunst, Bavarian State Painting Collections, Kunstmuseum Den Haag and Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium
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