Cornelis van Poelenburgh (1594 – 1667)

• Was a Dutch landscape painter and draughtsman.
• He initially trained with Abraham Bloemaert.
• His earliest signed paintings are from 1620.
• He was known for small-scale paintings depicting Italianate landscapes with small figures enacting biblical or mythological scenes.
• He traveled to Rome and became a founding member of the Bentvueghels, the society of mainly Flemish and Dutch artists working in Rome.
• The Bentveughels would typically adopt a nickname referred to as the 'bent name'. Van Poelenburch's bentname was ‘satiro’ (‘Satyr’).
• He counted a few Roman cardinals under his patrons.
• His "most important and successful" pupils were Daniël Vertangen, Dirck van der Lisse, François Verwilt, and Jan van Haensbergen.
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