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Lot Number: 105
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Scarce Engraving of “JOHN ADAMS” by Reinier Vinkeles

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“JOHN ADAMS” 18th century Revolutionary War Era Engraving by Reinier Vinkeles (1741-1816), Decoratively Matted and Framed, Amsterdam, c. 1790, Framed, Choice Extremely Fine.

Very scarce quite handsome Copper-Plate Engraved Portrait of John Adams, by Reinier Vinkeles, mentioned on the image as print maker, Noord-Nederlands (Amsterdam). Reinier Vinkeles was an 18th-century painter and engraver from the Northern Netherlands, who was the teacher of several talented artists. He became the teacher of Jacob Ernst Marcus, Jacobus Millies, his son Abraham Vinkeles, his brother Harmanus Vinkeles (1745-1804), his son Johannes Vinkeles, and Danil Vrijdag. Vinkeles died in 1816, in Amsterdam. The engraving measures 6.75” x 4” (by sight), nicely matted with gold gilt in a mahogany frame measuring fully to 10” x 7.5” with some minor wear to the frame. Purchased by Ambassador Middendorf in Europe.

PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF

AMBASSADOR J. WILLIAM MIDDENDORF II


Reinier Vinkeles was born in 1741, in Amsterdam. He studied for some ten years with Jan Punt and joined the Amsterdam Stadstekenacademie (City Drawing School) in 1762.

In 1765 he travelled to Brabant with Jurriaan Andriessen and Izak Schmidt. In 1770 he left for Paris, where he studied for a year with Jacques-Philippe Le Bas and also met the Dutch artists Hermanus Numan and Izaak Jansz de Wit (1744-1809).

When he returned to Amsterdam he worked making prints for book illustrations, including portraits, topographical and architectural prints, copies after Dutch masters, and theatre sets. He became a director of the Stadstekenacademie and was a member of the artist's club Pax Artium Nutrix.

He became the teacher of Jacob Ernst Marcus, Jacobus Millies, his son Abraham Vinkeles, his brother Harmanus Vinkeles (1745-1804), his son Johannes Vinkeles, and Danil Vrijdag.

Vinkeles died in 1816, in Amsterdam.
Keywords: JOHN ADAMS, Reinier Vinkeles, American Revolution, Revolutionary War, AMBASSADOR J. WILLIAM MIDDENDORF II
Lot Number: 105
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