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van Koening] de Koningh See also:PHILIP DE [de Ceninck See also:KONINCK (1619-1688)  , Dutch landscape painter, was See also:born in See also:Amsterdam in 1619 . Little is known of his See also:history, except that he was a See also:pupil of See also:Rembrandt, whose See also:influence is to be seen in all his See also:work . He painted chiefly broad sunny landscapes, full of space, See also:light and See also:atmosphere . Portraits by him, somewhat in the manner of Rembrandt, also exist; there are examples of these in the galleries at See also:Copenhagen and See also:Christiania . Of his landscapes the See also:principal are " Vue de ('embouchure d'une See also:riviere," at the See also:Hague; a slightly larger replica is in the See also:National See also:Gallery, See also:London; " Lisiere d'un See also:boil," and " Paysage " (with figures by A . See also:Vandevelde) at Amsterdam; and landscapes in See also:Brussels, See also:Florence (Uffizi), See also:Berlin and See also:Cologne . Several of his See also:works have been falsely attributed to Rembrandt, and many more to his namesake and fellowtownsman-SALoMoN DE See also:KONINCK (1609-1656), who was also a See also:disciple of Rembrandt; his paintings and etchings consist mainly of portraits and biblical scenes . Both these painters are to be distinguished from See also:DAVID DE KONINCK (1636-?1687), who is also known as " Rammelaar." He was born in See also:Antwerp . He studied there under See also:Jan See also:Fyt, and later settled in See also:Rome, where he is stated to have died in 1687; this is, however, doubtful . His pictures are chiefly landscapes with animals, and still-See also:life .

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