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Description: | Coques was born in Antwerp. He was the pupil of Pieter Brueghel the Younger and later of the second David Ryckaert. He was Master in the Guild of St. Luke in 1640-41 and was Dean twice. Although he started as a painter of interiors he soon became a portraitist in the style of Van Dyck who he emulated. He is perhaps best known for the group portraits of families that he painted. He worked for a number of royal patrons, including Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, the Elector of Brandenburg and the Archduke Leopold William. He visited England and several portraits of British nobility and royalty survive from this period including portraits of Lord Halifax and King Charles V. It was suggested that this painting may be of the Princess Palatine, but portraits of the two possible princesses that survive bear no resemblance to this portrait. | Subjects: | figure; interior | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Coques, Gonzales (Flemish painter, ca. 1614-1684) Æ | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8865... | Go to resource |
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