Painter and draughtsman. At the age of 14 he was apprenticed in
Leeuwarden to the painter and Mennonite preacher Lambert Jacobsz. There
Flinck met Jacob Backer, who had been in Jacobsz.’s studio since 1622.
Many of Flinck’s early works, especially his drawings, resemble those of
Backer.
Portrait of Margaretha Tulp
1655
Oil on canvas, 138 x 104 cm
Staatliche Museen, Kassel
The Company of Captain Albert Bas and Lieutenant Lucas Conijn
1645
Oil on canvas, 347 x 244 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Four Governors of the Arquebusiers Civic Guard, Amsterdam,
1642
Oil on canvas, 203 x 278 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Isaac Blessing Jacob
1639
Oil on canvas, 117 x 141 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Isaac Blessing Jacob (detail)
1639
Oil on canvas, 117 x 141 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Curius Dentatus Preferring Turnips to Gold
1656
Oil on canvas, 480 x 370 cm
Royal Palace, Amsterdam
Hope Comes to Amalia van Solms at the Tomb of Frederik
Hendrik
1654
Oil on canvas, 307 x 189 cm
Mauritshuis, The Hague
Landscape
1637
Oil on wood, 49 x 75 cm
Musee du Louvre, Paris
Portrait of Rembrandt
1633-34
Oil on wood, 57 x 46 cm
Staatliche Museen, Berlin
Rembrandt as Shepherd with Staff and Flute
c. 1636
Oil on canvas, 64 x 45 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
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