Jan Vonck
Illustration — Dead Birds (c. 1650s) Jan Vonck (1631 – 1663/1664) was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
Also recorded as G. Vongk · I. Vonck · J Vonk · Joh. Vonck
Jan Vonck
Jan Vonck · Public domain
- Born
- 1631 · Toruń.
- Died
- 1664 · Amsterdam.
- Nationality
- Dutch Republic
- Occupation
- painter
- Known for
- Dead birds · Still life with a haddock and a gurnard
- Languages
- Dutch
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The recorded working language is Dutch. Places of work recorded in the authority are Amsterdam. Works named in the authority record are Dead birds and Still life with a haddock and a gurnard. Work by Jan Vonck is recorded in the collections of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Nationalmuseum, ASR art collection and Centraal Museum.
Vonck was born in 1631 in Toruń. According to the RKD he was the son and pupil of his father Elias Vonck, and both were known for paintings of living birds in landscapes and hunting still lifes with dead poultry after the manner of Joannes Fijt, Jan Baptist Weenix, Alexander Adriaenssen, and Melchior Hondecoeter. He was born in Poland while his father was living there and was working with him in his workshop in Amsterdam by the 1640s. After the death of his father he continued the workshop and also made a few fish still lifes after Abraham van Beijeren. He is also known for painting living birds in one of Jacob van Ruisdael's landscapes. He died in Amsterdam in 1663 or 1664.
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- 1.Biographie de Jan Vonck sur le site web néerlandais RKD.
- 2.Œuvre de Jan Vonck au Rijksmuseum à Amsterdam
- 3.Œuvre de Jan Vonck au Rijksmuseum à Amsterdam
- 4.Œuvre de Jan Vonck au Rijksmuseum à Amsterdam
- 5.Œuvre de Jan Vonck au Dordrechts Museum à Dordrecht
- 6.Œuvre de Jan Vonck à l'Harvard University Art Museum au Massachusetts
- 7.Œuvre de Jan Vonck au Minneapolis Institute of Arts au Minnesota
- 8.Œuvre de Jan Vonck au Watford Museum à Watford
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