David Colijns

Panel is uncradled and flat. The paint surface has been very well preserved with nice impasto and detail throughout. Under UV light: only a few very small scattered retouches mostly at the top edge. Very few can be seen on figure. There is a diagonal retouch across his raised arm and a few on torso. Overall condition is very good and painting can be hung as is. Offered in a brown wood frame.
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David Colijns was born in Rotterdam in 1582, son of the painter Crispiaen Colijns.  Possibly as early as 1607 he was in Amsterdam, where he was married on 27 August 1616.  He served as a member of an Amsterdam guild (most likely St. Luke’s), and was the drawing teacher of Salomon de Koninck.  He is known for painting mythological and Biblical scenes such as the present Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian and is last recorded in Amsterdam in 1668.