Pieter Cornelisz van Slingelandt
Dutch Golden Age painter (1640–1691)
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Pieter Cornelisz van Slingelandt (20 October 1640 – 7 November 1691) was a Dutch Golden Age portrait painter who had been a pupil of Gerard Dou and is known as one of Leiden's fijnschilders.
Pieter Cornelisz van Slingelandt | |
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'Self-portrait in oval frame. | |
| Born | Pieter Cornelisz 1640 |
| Died | 1691 (aged 50–51) |
| Known for | Painting |
| Movement | Fijnschilder |
Biography
According to Houbraken, his teacher was Gerard Dou, whom he imitated so well that many of his works were later misattributed to him.[1] He was rather introverted and very methodical and conscientious, spending months on his works and striving for perfection.[1] Houbraken especially liked a piece where a maid holds a mouse by the tail as a cat jumps for it.[1]
Houbraken wrote that Slingelandt took 3 years to paint a family portrait for the gentleman Mr. Meerman, and that he took 6 weeks to paint the lace of one child's bib.[1] That painting currently hangs in the Louvre.[2]
According to the RKD he became a member of the Leiden Guild of St. Luke on November 22, 1661.[3] He remained a member until 1668, and after a break of five years began paying dues again from 1673 to 1680.[3] In 1690 he became headman, and in 1691 deacon of the guild.[3] Though he appears in the catalogue raisonné of C. Hofstede de Groot, the only painting mentioned there is one that is no longer attributed to Slingelandt.[3] His pupils were Jacob van der Sluys, and Jan Tilius.[3] Adriaen van Gaesbeeck, who was also sometimes mentioned as a pupil of Slingelandt, was in reality 19 years older and died when Slingelandt was only 9 years old.
Portrait of the Meerman Family
Breakfast of a Young Man (second half of 17th century), Hermitage Museum
A young lacemaker is interrupted by a birdseller who offers her ware through the window, 1672–3.
