Karel Philips Spierincks

Karel Philips Spierincks (many name variations: Spierinckx, Spierinck, Spieringh, Spiringh, Spirinck, Spirinx, Spirin, Carlo Filippo Fiammingo) (c. 1600 or 1609-1610, Brussels – 22 May 1639, Rome) was a Flemish painter who spent his active career in Italy. He painted mainly landscapes with putti or mythological scenes in a classicizing style which show the influence of François Duquesnoy and Nicolas Poussin as well as religious paintings.

The details about Spierincks’ early life and training are sketchy. This also applies to his date of birth. He is usually stated to have been born in Brussels c. 1609-1610. However, he is mentioned as a pupil of Michel de Boerdous in Brussels in 1612 and as a master in the Brussels Guild of Saint Luke in 1622. It is therefore more likely that he was born around 1600. He was in Rome by 1624 and it is believed that he may briefly have been a pupil there of his Flemish compatriot, the landscape painter Paul Bril.

By 1630 Spierincks is documented as sharing a house with the Flemish sculptor François Duquesnoy (1597-1643). The two artists lived together in via della Vittoria near Piazza di Spagna from 1630 until Spierincks’ death in 1639. François Duquesnoy had previously shared lodgings with Nicolas Poussin.

In the period 1634-35 Spierincks was paying dues to the Accademia di San Luca in Rome, though not as a member. He died on 22 May 1639 and was buried near the high altar of Santa Maria della Pietà in Camposanto dei Teutonici, a Roman Catholic church in Vatican City.

The work of Spierincks can be divided by subject matter into mythological and religious paintings. The two major influences on his style were Poussin and François Duquesnoy. The influence of Duquesnoy can be seen in his Classicist tendencies and the theme of the putti.

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