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lieutenant is therefore more likely that he was born around 1600.
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Karel Spierincks
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He painted mainly landscapes with putti or mythological scenes in a classicizing style which show the influence of François Duquesnoy and Nicolas Poussin as well as religious paintings. The details about Spierincks’ early life and training are sketchy. This also applies to his date of birth.
He is usually stated to have been born in Brussels c.
1609-1610. However, he is mentioned as a pupil of Michel de Boerdous in Brussels in 1612 and as a master in the Brussels Guild of Saint Luke in 1622. He was in Rome by 1624 and it is believed that he may briefly have been a pupil there of his Flemish compatriot, the landscape painter Paul Bril.
By 1630 Spierincks is documented as sharing a house with the Flemish sculptor François Duquesnoy (1597-1643). The two artists lived together in via della Vittoria near Piazza di Spagna from 1630 until Spierincks’ death in 1639.
François Duquesnoy had previously shared lodgings with Nicolas Poussin.
In the period 1634-1635 Spierincks was paying dues to the Accademia di San Luca in Rome, though not as a member.
