Hendrick van Streeck
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Hendrick van Streeck was a Dutch Golden Age
painter of church interiors and a sculptor.
and after learning to draw from him took to sculpting with Willem van der Hoeven. In 1683 he married Maria van Hokkum. When his father died in 1687, Hendrik was advised by Melchior de Hondekoeter to stick to painting, and so he became a student of Emmanuel de Witte. According to B. Haak De Witte moved in with Van Streeck , who lived all his life in Kerkstraat. Houbraken thought he learned to paint church interiors so well that his art was hard to tell apart from De Witte's.
Van Streeck also painted landscapes. In 1696 he was involved in the decoration of the townhall in Alkmaar.
Dutch Golden Age
The Golden Age was a period in Dutch history, roughly spanning the 17th century, in which Dutch trade, science, military and art were among the most acclaimed in the world. The first half is characterised by the Eighty Years' War till 1648...
painter of church interiors and a sculptor.
Biography
Hendrik was the son of the painter Juriaen van StreeckJuriaen van Streeck
Juriaen van Streeck or Juriaan van Streek was a Dutch Golden Age painter of still lifes.-Biography:...
and after learning to draw from him took to sculpting with Willem van der Hoeven. In 1683 he married Maria van Hokkum. When his father died in 1687, Hendrik was advised by Melchior de Hondekoeter to stick to painting, and so he became a student of Emmanuel de Witte. According to B. Haak De Witte moved in with Van Streeck , who lived all his life in Kerkstraat. Houbraken thought he learned to paint church interiors so well that his art was hard to tell apart from De Witte's.
Van Streeck also painted landscapes. In 1696 he was involved in the decoration of the townhall in Alkmaar.