Alexander Keirincx (1600–1652)
• Was a Flemish landscape painter.
• Alexander Keirincx was born in Antwerp as the son of Matthijs Keirincx and Anna Mason.
• He became a master in the Antwerp guild of St. Luke in the guild year 1618–1619.
• It has been suggested that his master was the leading Antwerp landscape painter Abraham Govaerts.
• He married Clara Mattheusen on 18 June 1622.
• In the guild year 1623-1624 Artus Verhoeven was registered as his pupil.
• He is recorded in Amsterdam in 1629.
• He was residing in Utrecht in 1632.
• In August 1637 he is recorded in London where he resided until 1641.
• He was in the service of King Charles I for whom he painted paintings of royal castles and places in England and Scotland.
• His time in London overlapped with the residence in England of Utrecht painter Cornelis van Poelenburgh who Keirincx knew from Utrecht.
• The two artists lived in the same house in Orchard Street, Westminster, and regularly collaborated with each other.
• He had returned to Amsterdam in 1641 and obtained citizenship of that city on 30. January 1652.
• He died in Amsterdam not long before 7. October 1652.
• Keirincx is known for his wooded landscapes with figures as well as his 'portraits' of English castles and country houses.
