Petrus Plancius Instructing Students in the Science of Navigation
David Vinckboons
early 17th century
Medium
Black and brown ink and wash
Dimensions
sheet: 10 1/4 x 11 1/4 in. (26 x 28.6 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Frits and Rita Markus Fund, 2003
Accession Number
2003.4
Tags
MenAstronomyAstronomersShipsGlobes
About the Artist
David Vinckboons · 1576–1632
David Vinckboons (baptized 13 August 1576 – c. 1632) was a Flemish-born painter who became a pivotal figure in the Dutch Golden Age. Born in Mechelen in the Southern Netherlands, he was the son of Philips Vinckboons, a watercolor painter on canvas, under whom he studied as his sole teacher, according to Karel van Mander. The family fled religious turmoil, moving first to Antwerp around 1580, then ...