Pieter Cornelisz van Slingelandt
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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 fijnschilder
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Houbraken wrote that while Slingelandt was working on a family portrait for the gentleman Francois Meerman (1630–1672), he is said to have taken 6 weeks to paint the lace of one child's bib. That painting currently hangs in the Louvre
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According to the RKD he became a member of the Leiden Guild of St. Luke
on November 22, 1661. He remained a member until 1668, and after a break of five years began paying dues again from 1673-1680. In 1690 he became headman, and in 1691 deacon of the guild. 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. His pupils were Adriaen van Gaesbeeck, Jacob van der Sluys, and Jan Tilius.
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...
portrait painter who had been a pupil of Gerard Dou
Gerard Dou
Gerrit Dou , also known as Gerard and Douw or Dow, was a Dutch Golden Age painter, whose small, highly-polished paintings are typical of the Leiden fijnschilders...
and is known as one of Leiden's fijnschilder
Fijnschilder
The Fijnschilders , also called the Leiden Fijnschilders , were Dutch Golden Age painters who, from about 1630 to 1710, strove to create as natural a reproduction of reality as possible in their meticulously executed, often small-scale works.Although in the seventeenth century, as in modern Dutch,...
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Biography
According to Houbraken, his teacher was Gerard Dou, who he imitated so well that many of his works were later misattributed to him. He was rather introverted and very methodical and conscientious, spending months on his works and striving for perfection. Houbraken especially liked a piece where a maid holds a mouse by the tail as a cat jumps for it.Houbraken wrote that while Slingelandt was working on a family portrait for the gentleman Francois Meerman (1630–1672), he is said to have taken 6 weeks to paint the lace of one child's bib. That painting currently hangs in the Louvre
Louvre
The Musée du Louvre – in English, the Louvre Museum or simply the Louvre – is one of the world's largest museums, the most visited art museum in the world and a historic monument. A central landmark of Paris, it is located on the Right Bank of the Seine in the 1st arrondissement...
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According to the RKD he became a member of the Leiden Guild of St. Luke
Leiden Guild of St. Luke
The Leiden Guild of Saint Luke refers to three artist collectives in Leiden; the Leidsche St. Lucas Gilde dating from 1648, the newer Leidse Tekenacademie established in 1694, and the collective known as Ars Aemula Naturae established in 1799.-History:Like other Dutch cities, Leiden required...
on November 22, 1661. He remained a member until 1668, and after a break of five years began paying dues again from 1673-1680. In 1690 he became headman, and in 1691 deacon of the guild. Though he appears in the catalogue raisonné
Catalogue raisonné
The typical catalogue raisonné is a monograph giving a comprehensive catalogue of artworks by an artist.The essential elements of a catalogue raisonné are that it purports to be an exhaustive list of works for a defined subject matter describing the works in a way so that they may be reliably...
of C. Hofstede de Groot, the only painting mentioned there is one that is no longer attributed to Slingelandt. His pupils were Adriaen van Gaesbeeck, Jacob van der Sluys, and Jan Tilius.
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