Artist

Cornelius van Poelenburgh

Portrait of Cornelius van Poelenburgh
Portrait of Cornelius van Poelenburgh

Dutch, 1594–1667

Cornelius van Poelenburgh was a Dutch Dutch Golden Age painter. 72 works are cataloged here, principally at Bavarian State Painting Collections, most of them oil paintings. Cornelius van Poelenburgh was born in Utrecht.

Cornelis van Poelenburgh or Cornelis van Poelenburch (1594 – 12 August 1667), was a Dutch landscape painter and draughtsman. He was the leading representative of the first generation of Dutch landscape painters who were active in Rome in the early 17th century. He was known for small-scale paintings depicting Italianate landscapes with small figures enacting biblical or mythological scenes or in contemporary attire.

Works by Cornelius van Poelenburgh

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