About Israel Covyn
Lived 1582 – 1665 (aged 82–83). Israel Covyn was a Dutch painter.
Israel Covyn (1582, Antwerp – 1665, Antwerp), was a Dutch Golden Age genre painter.
Biography According to Houbraken he was the older brother of the painter Reynier Covyn. He painted scenes from the Spaens Heydinnetje, a popular book by Jacob Cats loosely based on one of the pastoral scenes from Cervantes' Don Quixote.
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Who was Israel Covyn?
Dutch Golden Age painter (1582-1665)
When was Israel Covyn born?
Israel Covyn was born in 1582 in Antwerp.
When did Israel Covyn die?
Israel Covyn died in 1665 in Dordrecht.
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Israel Covyn was a painter.
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Israel Covyn was Dutch.
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