Paulus Hennekyn (about 1611 - 1672)

• Was a Dutch painter.

• Paulus Hennekyn was the son of the silversmith François Hennequin and Anna Begin.

• Paulus married twice, first with Cornelia de Swart in 1636 and sometime prior to 1668 with Anna van Neck.

• From his first marriage he had a son David who is known to have painted some fruit still lifes.

• Paulus specialized in portraits and florals, as well as paintings depicting fruit.

• He also served in the Amsterdam Civic Guard as he is depicted in a group portrait by Bartholomeus van der Helst of the Signing of the Peace of Munster in 1648.

• We further know that contact between them continued from existing documents, including in 1653 both artists made a deposition for Hendrick Ulyenburgh about the authenticity of a work by Paul Brill.

• His entire career was in Amsterdam, with the exception of a short period in Alkmaar where he joined the Guild of St. Luke in 1649.

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