Jacob Duck - Street Scene with Knife Grinder and Elegant Couple [c.1630-40]

Jacob Duck - Street Scene with Knife Grinder and Elegant Couple [c.1630-40], a photo by Gandalf's Gallery on Flickr.

Jacob Duck (1600 – buried Utrecht, January 1667) was a Dutch painter and etcher. Duck is thought to have been born in Utrecht. From 1611, he was trained in Utrecht to become a goldsmith, in which craft he became a master in 1619. He was primarily active in Utrecht, but between 1636 and 1646 also in Haarlem, while between 1656 and 1660 he lived in The Hague. In 1661 he returned to Utrecht, where he died and was buried at the monastery of St. Mary Magdalene.

[Los Angeles County Museum of Art - Oil on oak panel, 45.72 x 69.85 cm]