Isaac Paling Explained

Isaac Paling (c.1640  - 1728) was a Dutch Golden Age painter.

Biography

Paling was born in Leiden. According to Houbraken he was a pupil of Abraham van den Tempel and a colleague of Jacob Torenvliet in Leiden.[1]

According to the RKD he became a member of the Confrerie Pictura in the Hague from 1681–1682 and travelled on 1682 to London where he stayed until 1702.[2] He settled in the Hague in 1702, and remained there until his death.

It is believed that Paling was married to an artist, only referred to as Mrs Pawling, who was a late 17th-century pastel portraitist.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Izaak Paling 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/61563 Isaac Paling
  3. Web site: Sir Pury Cust (1655-1698/9) 436052.1 National Trust Collections. Ltd. e3 Media. www.nationaltrustcollections.org.uk. en. 2017-03-11.