Isaac Duynen

Background

According to J.C. Weyerman he became a member of the Confrerie Pictura in 1665 and was the son of guild member Gerrit van Duynen.

Career

He was a native of Dordrecht, who according to Houbraken was one of the best still life painters of fish. He was possibly a pupil of Jacob Gerritsz. Cuyp and was also known as Deynen or Duijnen.

He travelled to Rome during the years 1651-1657 and is known for fish & fruit still lifes.

He died between December 1679 and February 1681. According to Bryan he went in 1664 to the Hague, where he became a pupil of Van Beyeren, and painted sea and river fish very successfully.

Bryan wrote that he died at the Hague in 1688 or 1689. There is a picture of Cod-fish by him in the Lille Museum.

Membership

Confrerie Pictura]

In 1657 on his return to the Netherlands he settled in The Hague and became a member of the Confrerie in 1665.

Connections

follower:

Pieter van Noort