Background
Vinckboons was born in Mechelen.
Vinckboons was born in Mechelen.
Vinckboons was one of the most prolific and popular painters and print designers in the Netherlands. Himself influenced by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, he was instrumental — together with Hans Bol and Roelant Savery — in the development of genre painting in the northern Netherlands. The family moved to Antwerp around 1580, and then to Middelburg after the Spanish occupation of Antwerp in 1585.
lieutenant is not likely they moved for religious reasons to Amsterdam.
In 1602 David married in Leeuwarden to Agneta van Loon, the daughter of a notary. Then he lived in Sint Antoniesbreestraat like many other artists and painters.
David specialized in elegant figures in park-like landscapes (Outdoor Merry Company, 1610. Vienna, Akademie der Bildenden Künste) as well as Kermis and other village festivals.
His landscapes reflect his contact with Gillis van Coninxloo.
Vinckboons attracted a number of students. Among them were Gillis d"Hondecoeter, Claes Janszoon Visscher and probably Esaias van de Velde. Vingboons, as his name is often spelled, and many other varieties are to be found, had at least ten children.
Pieter, an engineer and soldier, died on Ceylon.
Vinckboons himself died in Amsterdam.