About Matthijs Pool
Lived 1676 – 1740 (aged 63–64). Matthijs Pool was a Dutch artist, draftsperson, engraver, etcher, art dealer and art collector.
Initiation ceremony of a Bentvueghel, by Domenicus van Wijnen, ca. 1700, engraved by Matthijs Pool with a rhyme at the bottom about the initiation. Matthijs Pool (1676–1740) was an engraver from the Dutch Republic.
Biography Pool was born and died in Amsterdam. According to the RKD he worked with Gerard de Lairesse making engravings for his Groot schilderboeck, and worked with the painter Barend Graat on publication of engravings after ivory sculptures by Francis van Bossuit after the classics. In 1708 he married Barend Graat's daughter and his address then changed to the Leidsegracht.
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Who was Matthijs Pool?
Dutch printmaker, publisher and art dealer (1676-1740)
When was Matthijs Pool born?
Matthijs Pool was born in 1676 in Amsterdam.
When did Matthijs Pool die?
Matthijs Pool died in 1740 in Amsterdam.
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Matthijs Pool was an artist, draftsperson, engraver, etcher, art dealer and art collector.
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Matthijs Pool was Dutch.
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