Background
He was born in Mechelen, the son of the notary Peter Croon and brother of Peter Croon (1634-1682), a canon and devotional writer
He was born in Mechelen, the son of the notary Peter Croon and brother of Peter Croon (1634-1682), a canon and devotional writer
He was a pupil of the prominent painter Peter Franchoys in Mechelen around 1650. He possibly left for Rome immediately after completing his training in 1657. In Rome he lived at the home of Pieter Mulier the Younger, a Dutch marine painter, in the parish of the Santa Maria del Popolo.
lieutenant was customary for the Bentvueghels to adopt an appealing nickname, the so-called "bent name".
Ignatius Croon was given the bent name Gaudtvinck (also written as Goudtvinck), which means "bullfinch". The following words are written in red chalk: ‘ignativs croon/alias gavdtvinck.’
He died in Rome at the age of 28.
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He became a member of the Bentvueghels, an association of mainly Dutch and Flemish artists working in Rome.