Adam Pijnacker
(1620–1673) painter and engraver from the Northern Netherlands (1622-1673)
Adam Pijnacker (1620–1673) is listed in the catalogue as a painter and a draughtsman. By year of birth, Adam Pijnacker belongs to the chapter ‘The Baroque’ in this site’s history of art.
Adam Pijnacker was born in Schiedam and died in Amsterdam. Adam Pijnacker worked in Amsterdam, Delft, Lenzen (Elbe), and France. Wikidata associates Adam Pijnacker with Baroque. The students included Jan Gabrielsz Sonjé, Adam Pick, Gijsbert Verhoek, and Pieter Verhoek.
The best-known works include ‘Mountainous Landscape with Waterfall’, ‘Italian landscape with fortress on the rocks’, ‘Boatmen Moored on the Shore of an Italian Lake’, and ‘Landschaft mit hochstämmigen Bäumen’. The works belong mainly to the genres architectural painting, landscape painting, and Italianization. The catalogue has 87 works by Adam Pijnacker with free images. The dated works span the years 1640–1700. Works by Adam Pijnacker are held by several collections, among them Nationalmuseum, Rijksmuseum, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, and Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Peeter Neeffs, Theodoor Boeyermans, Nicasius Bernaerts, Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem, and Jan van den, the elder Hecke.