Pieter Moninckx Explained

Pieter Moninckx (1606, The Hague  - 1686, The Hague), was a Dutch Golden Age painter.

Biography

According to Arnold Houbraken, he spent 13 years in Rome serving the Pope, and painted genre and conversation pieces in the manner of Gerarts (Houbraken means Gerard van Zyl, whose style is unfortunately unknown today). He died at the age of 80 in the Hague.[1]

According to the RKD he was a member of a well-known and respected painting family, the son of Sybert, and after an extended stay in Rome, worked on decorations for the Huis ter Nieuwburg (since torn down) in 1637, and in 1639 he became a member of the Confrerie Pictura.[2]

References

Notes and References

  1. Pieter Moninckx 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/56887 Pieter Moninckx