Johannes Lingelbach facts for kids

Johannes Lingelbach (born 1622, died 1674) was a famous Dutch Golden Age painter. He was known for his lively paintings of everyday life, especially scenes from Italy. He was part of a group of artists called the "Bamboccianti," who painted ordinary people and their daily activities in Rome.

About Johannes Lingelbach

Lingelbach was born in Frankfurt, Germany. His father, David Lingelbach, was an innkeeper who moved to Amsterdam with his family in 1636. His father later started a garden with interesting machines and displays.

Johannes Lingelbach traveled a lot when he was younger. He lived in Paris from 1642 to 1644. After that, he moved to Lyon, Genoa, and then to Rome. In Rome, he worked with other artists before returning to Amsterdam in 1650.

In 1653, he got married. He first lived near his father's garden, close to famous painter Rembrandt. Later, in 1662, Lingelbach bought a house in Amsterdam. He was friends with other artists like Karel Dujardin.

His Painting Style

We don't know who taught Lingelbach how to paint. However, his landscape paintings show some influence from another artist named Philips Wouwerman.

Lingelbach was very good at painting people doing everyday things, known as "genre figures." He was also skilled at painting buildings and natural scenes. Other famous landscape painters, like Meindert Hobbema, often asked Lingelbach to paint the people and animals in their own artworks.

He learned about painting buildings by looking at the works of Viviano Codazzi, who was known for painting city views. Lingelbach's paintings of buildings were very good at showing light and space.

Lingelbach followed the style of the original "Bamboccianti" artists. He brought his own Italian style to painters in Northern Europe. He is one of the few Dutch painters from this group whose works are well-documented. This means his influence on the style was very important.

Some of his early works from Rome were once thought to be by another artist, Pieter van Laer. But now we know they are Lingelbach's, like his painting Roman Street Scene with Card Players at the National Gallery, London. These paintings show the influence of Caravaggio, another Italian artist. They use strong contrasts between light and dark, which you can also see in Lingelbach's Figures before a Locanda, with a View of the Piazza del Popolo, Rome.

Johannes Lingelbach was buried in the Lutheran Church in Amsterdam.

Selected Artworks

• Bathing Gypsies, 17th century
• A Sea Battle, 17th century
• Roman Street Scene with Card Players, 1640s
• Figures before a Locanda, with a View of the Piazza del Popolo, Rome, 1640s
• Battle of Milvian Bridge, around 1650
• The Blacksmith, 1650
• Self-portrait with Violin, 1650
• Dentist on Horseback, 1651
• Peasants Dancing, 1651
• Battle Scene, 1652
• Roman Market Scene, 1653
• Deer Hunt, 1660s
• The Piazza del Popolo, Rome, 1660
• Peasants loading a Hay Cart, 1664
• Battle Scene, 1671
• Flemish Town Sieged by the Spanish Soldiers, 1674
• Imaginary Harbor, 17th Century
• Mediterranean Harbor Scene, 17th Century

Images for kids

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  Mezzotint of Johannes Lingelbach by Bernard Vaillant

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  Reestraat 4

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  Dam Square (1656) with town hall under construction and Wisselbank to the left

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  Battle of Milvian Bridge, c. 1650.

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  Flemish Town Sieged by the Spanish Soldiers, c. 1674.