Laurens van der Vinne

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Portrait of Laurens van der Vinne
Sunflowers, roses, tulips and other flowers in a gilded vase in a trompe-l'oeil marble niche

Laurens Vincentsz van der Vinne (1658–1729) was an 18th-century painter from the Northern Netherlands.

Biography[]

Van der Vinne was born and died in Haarlem. According to Houbraken, he was the oldest and artistically most gifted son of the painter Vincent van der Vinne.[1] Laurens helped his father draw up the list of 173 members of the Haarlem Guild of St. Luke that Vincent van der Vinne produced in 1702.[2] He learned to paint from his father, and his paintings were similar, but he was especially good at painting flower still lifes, many of which he painted for , who kept a garden with rare plants from the East and West Indies.[1]

According to the RKD he learned to paint from his father, and from the glass painter Pieter Berchem.[3] He became a member of the Haarlem Guild of St. Luke in 1685, and was dean in 1722 and 1728.[3] He is known for landscapes and flower still lifes.[3] His brothers Jan and , and his three sons , , and Vincent II also were painters.[3]

He had a thread and ribbon factory on the Kleine Houtstraat 77 called the "Vossekop" (fox's head).[4]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b (in Dutch) Laurens van der Vinne Biography in De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature
  2. ^ He added a 'd" next to each name of a painter who had predeceased his father in 1702 and the list has been published in the book De archiefbescheiden van het St. Lukasgilde te Haarlem 1497-1798, by Hessel Miedema, 1980, ISBN 90-6469-584-9
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Laurens van der Vinne in the RKD
  4. ^ Logo with foxes, engraving by Laurens van der Vinne in the North Holland archives

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