David Ryckaert III

The toothpuller

David Ryckaert III, David Rijckaert III or David Rijckaert the Younger (2 December 1612, Antwerp – 11 November 1661, Antwerp)[1] was a Flemish painter known for his contribution to genre painting, in particular through his scenes of merry companies and peasants. He also painted hell scenes and images of alchemists.[2] He enjoyed the patronage of prominent patrons and was a painter to the court of the governor of the Southern Netherlands.[3]

  1. ^ David Rijckaert (III) at the Netherlands Institute for Art History (in Dutch)
  2. ^ Bernadette Van Haute. David III Ryckaert: A Seventeenth-Century Flemish Painter of Peasant Scenes. Volume 1, Doctoral thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Literature and Philosophy at the University of South Africa, November 1996
  3. ^ Jetty E. van der Sterre. "Rijckaert, David, III." Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press. Web. 21 February 2020