Domenicus van Wijnen explained

Domenicus van Wijnen
Birth Date:1658
Birth Place:Amsterdam
Death Date:1700
Occupation:Dutch 'Golden Age' Artist
Mother:Anna Geertuid Everaerdts
Father:Dirk Harmens van Wijnen

Domenicus van Wijnen (Amsterdam 1658  - 1700) was a Dutch Golden Age painter.

Biography

In 1674 he was a pupil of Willem Doudijns in The Hague. He lived in Rome from 1680 - 90. According to Houbraken he joined the Bentvueghels, an association of Netherlandish artists in Rome, with the nickname "Askaan".[1] According to the RKD his bentname was "Ascanias".[2]

He was a painter of historical allegories and conversation pieces.[1] Several of the dozen or so paintings firmly attributed to him depict scenes of witchcraft. His painting The Temptation of Saint Anthony is in the National Gallery of Ireland.

Family

Domenicus parents Dirk Harmens van Wijnen (1627-1659) and Anna Geertuid Everaedts (born 1616) married on 4 October 1657 after Dirk's first wife Maria Pijnappels died. Dirk died when Domenicus was 1 year old, his sister Dorothen (1660-) was born a few months later. Domenicus' half siblings from Dirk's first marriage were Fransois van Wijnen (1644-1711), Hermanus van Wijnen (1646-), Cornelis van Wijnen (1648-1649), Cornelis van Wijnen (1650-1651), Gabriel Dirk van Wijnen (1652-1723)

References

Notes and References

  1. Domenicus van Wijnen Biography in De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature
  2. https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/84381 Domenicus van Wijnen