Artist

Gillis van Coninxloo

Portrait of Gillis van Coninxloo
Portrait of Gillis van Coninxloo

Dutch, 1544–1607

Gillis van Coninxloo was a Dutch Northern Renaissance painter. 8 works are cataloged here, principally at Statens Museum for Kunst, most of them oil paintings. Gillis van Coninxloo was born in Antwerp.

Gillis van Coninxloo (now also referred to as Gillis van Coninxloo II and previously referred to as Gillis van Coninxloo III) (24 January 1544 – January 1607) was a Flemish painter of landscapes. Commencing his career in Antwerp, he worked the last 20 years of his life abroad, first in Germany and later in the Dutch Republic. He played an important role in the development of Northern landscape art at the turn of the 17th century, in particular in his elaboration of the forest landscape.

Works by Gillis van Coninxloo

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