Salomon Koninck
Warm-toned Dutch genre scenes and portraits
Salomon Koninck was a Dutch painter of genre scenes and portraits, and an engraver. Koninck was born in Amsterdam, the son of a goldsmith, originally from Antwerp, and was a nephew of Philips de Koninck. Salomon became a pupil of Pieter Lastman, David Colijns, François Venants and Claes Corneliszoon Moeyaert. From 1630 he was a member of the Sint Lucasgilde. He moved in the circles of Rembrandt and the academy of Hendrick van Uylenburgh, making many copies of Rembrandt's compositions. His paintings have a warm colour palette and include many "philosophers" or scholars. Perhaps one of the better known of these is the Philosopher with an Open Book at the Louvre that was long attributed to Rembrandt and served as companion piece to Rembrandt's Philosopher in Meditation. He married a daughter of Adriaen van Nieulandt and later a sister of Antonie van Stralen. He died in Amsterdam in 1656.
Relationship Network
Master student
- Pieter Lastman Master
- David Colijns Student
- Nicolaes Moeyaert Master
Fellow student
Parent child
- Philips de Koninck Child
Spouse
Artworks by this artist (8 total)
- An Old Man in a Chair, Praying
- The Adoration of the Magi c. 1650
- The Royal Double Betrothals or Nuptials of 1502 1642
- David and Bathsheba mourning their dead son
- A scholar sharpening his quill 1639
- An Old Man Counting his Money 1635
- The Annunciation 1655
- Esther reading Haman’s Decree of the Extermination of the Jews 1630 - 1639