Daniel de Koninck

Daniël de Koninck (1668–1730), was an 18th-century painter from the Northern Netherlands.

Man in a turban

Biography

He was born in Amsterdam and is known for genre works and portraits in the manner of Rembrandt.[1] From 1687–1690 he was apprenticed to his uncle, Jacob Koninck, at that time an artist at the court in Copenhagen, but in 1690, at the age of twenty-two, he moved to England where he specialized in portraits and tronies in the manner of Rembrandt.[1]

He was the nephew of artist Philip de Koninck.

He died in England.

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