Saturday, March 29, 2025

Dominicus van Wynen
(1658 - 1700)
 
Domenicus van Wijnen was a Dutch Golden Age painter. 
In 1674 he was a pupil of Willem Doudijns in The Hague. He lived in Rome from 1680–90. According to Houbraken he joined the Bentvueghels, an association of Netherlandish artists in Rome, with the nickname "Askaan". According to the RKD his bentname was "Ascanias".
He was a painter of historical allegories and conversation pieces. Several of the dozen or so paintings firmly attributed to him depict scenes of witchcraft. His painting The Temptation of Saint Anthony is in the National Gallery of Ireland.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domenicus_van_Wijnen


Don Quixote in the inn
C. 1690
Oil on canvas
73 x 93.5 cm
Museum of Fine Art, Budapest
https://www.mfab.hu/artworks/9126/

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