Krzysztof Lubieniecki

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Krzysztof Lubieniecki
Self portrait
Born1659
Died1729
NationalityPolish
Known forPainting, Engraving
MovementBaroque

Krzysztof Lubieniecki or Christoffel Lubienietzky (1659[1]–1729) was a Polish Baroque painter and engraver active in Amsterdam during the Dutch Golden Age.

Biography

Krzysztof Lubieniecki was born in Stettin (today:

Hannover before eventually moving to Poland in 1706, where he died.[3]

Krzysztof remained in Amsterdam, where he painted portraits and genre pieces. He also collaborated on prints for Jacobus Houbraken, Daniël Willink [nl], and Johannes Brandt (son of Gerard Brandt). He died in Amsterdam.

In 1944 a Lubieniecki painting Portrait of a young man was looted from the

National Museum of Warsaw by the Nazis during the Warsaw Uprising. It was in turn seized by an American serviceman and not returned to Polish authorities before 2015.[4]

  • Medicine doctor in his studio with assistant preparing medicine.
    Medicine doctor in his studio with assistant preparing medicine.
  • Gourmands.
    Gourmands.
  • Seller of spectacles.
    Seller of spectacles.
  • School-teacher,
    School-teacher,
  • Arent van Buren
    Arent van Buren
  • Portrait of a young man. Looted from the National Museum of Warsaw by the Nazis during the Warsaw Uprising.
    Portrait of a young man. Looted from the
    National Museum of Warsaw by the Nazis during the Warsaw Uprising
    .

References

  1. ^ "Krzysztof Lubieniecki".
  2. ^ "Home Johann Georg Stuhr". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.
  3. Digital library for Dutch literature
  4. ^ "FBI — A Wartime Loss Found". FBI.

External links

Media related to Krzysztof Lubieniecki at Wikimedia Commons