Christoffel Puytlinck, ( Roermond, 11 November 1640 – Roermond, c. 1679) was a painter from Roermond (present-day Netherlands). He painted still lifes, chiefly game pieces and live and dead fowl.
Puytlinck was born in Roermond, Limburg, in the southern part of the Netherlands, [1] where he was baptized on 11 November 1640. [2] His name is also spelled Puijtlinck. [2] He was the son of Theodorus Puytlinck, a goldsmith from Roermond. [3]
He was active as a painter from 1663. He was active in Reims in 1663, and in Rome from 1667 to 1669. [2] In Rome he joined the Bentvueghels, earning the nickname Trechter. [4] In 1667 he was a witness in a trial regarding an English artist who was stabbed to death in Rome in Via del Babuino. [5] In 1670 he returned to Roermond, [1] where he was active from that year until 1679. [2] In this period he taught Jan Frans van Douven, his cousin. [6] He died in Roermond between 1679 and 1680. [2]
Christoffel Puytlinck, ( Roermond, 11 November 1640 – Roermond, c. 1679) was a painter from Roermond (present-day Netherlands). He painted still lifes, chiefly game pieces and live and dead fowl.
Puytlinck was born in Roermond, Limburg, in the southern part of the Netherlands, [1] where he was baptized on 11 November 1640. [2] His name is also spelled Puijtlinck. [2] He was the son of Theodorus Puytlinck, a goldsmith from Roermond. [3]
He was active as a painter from 1663. He was active in Reims in 1663, and in Rome from 1667 to 1669. [2] In Rome he joined the Bentvueghels, earning the nickname Trechter. [4] In 1667 he was a witness in a trial regarding an English artist who was stabbed to death in Rome in Via del Babuino. [5] In 1670 he returned to Roermond, [1] where he was active from that year until 1679. [2] In this period he taught Jan Frans van Douven, his cousin. [6] He died in Roermond between 1679 and 1680. [2]