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David Vinckboons (1576–1629)

• Was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
• He was born in Mechelen, Southern Netherlands.
• Vinckboons had at least ten children.
• His sons were the cartographer and watercolourist Johannes and the architects Justus and Philip.
• In 1602 David married in Leeuwarden to Agneta van Loon, the daughter of a notary.
• According to Karel van Mander he did not have any teacher other than his father Phillipe, a painter on canvas with watercolors.
• David specialized in elegant figures in park-like landscapes as well as Kermis and other village festivals.
• Vinckboons attracted a number of students; among them were Gillis d'Hondecoeter, Claes Janszoon Visscher and probably Esaias van de Velde.
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