Thursday, October 20, 2016

Leendert van der Cooghen of the Netherlands

Leendert van der Cooghen
Portrait of a young woman
1654
drawing
Rijksmuseum

Leendert van der Cooghen (1632-1681) was born and died in the Dutch city of Haarlem. He is spoken of in the literature as an 'amateur' artist whose career output was small because he was well-off and did not try to make a living from his work.

Leendert van der Cooghen
Head of a boy
17th century
drawing
Rijksmuseum

Leendert van der Cooghen
Portrait of a young woman
1653
drawing
Rijksmuseum

Leendert van der Cooghen
Head of a boy
1650s
drawing
Rijksmuseum

Leendert van der Cooghen
Men playing backgammon
1666
etching
Rijksmuseum

Leendert van der Cooghen
Bust portrait of a peasant woman
1664
etching
Rijksmuseum

Leendert van der Cooghen
Head of a man
1651
drawing
Rijksmuseum

Leendert van der Cooghen
Académie
ca. 1655-58
drawing
British Museum

Leendert van der Cooghen
Roman soldier with shield and spear
ca. 1664-66
etching
Rijksmuseum

Leendert van der Cooghen
Soldier with falcon
1664
etching
Rijksmuseum

Leendert van der Cooghen
Study of soldiers
1666
etching
British Museum

Leendert van der Cooghen
Study of a bearded man
17th century
drawing
British Museum

Leendert van der Cooghen
Self-portrait
1653
drawing
Rijksmueum

Leendert van der Cooghen
Self-portrait
1653
drawing-
British Museum

The two self-portrait drawings above (one in the Rijksmuseum and one in the British Museum) were both made in the same year, 1653, when the artist was 21 years old. With his gift of facility he must have excited some admiration in a town as image-loving as Haarlem in the 17th century.