Hendrick van Uylenburgh

Hendrick van Uylenburgh (c. 1584 or 1589, † 1661) was a Dutch art dealer in the Golden Age of the Netherlands, who promoted artists such as Rembrandt, Govert Flinck and Ferdinand Bol.

Van Uylenburgh came from a Mennonite family, originally came from Friesland, because of their faith but emigrated to Poland and later settled in Krakow, Gdansk, where Hendrick van Uylenburghs father worked as a royal cabinet maker. Hendrick was trained as a painter; but he also dealt in luxury goods, including paintings from the Netherlands. He probably has never exercised the profession of painter, at least no works have survived.

Hendrick van Uylenburgh was married to Maria van Eyck. The couple had three sons, Gerrit van Uylenburgh, who took over the art shop of his father, Abraham Uylenburgh, the Irish court painter and Isaac, the artist was and at least four daughters, Sara, Anna, Magdalena and Susanna, of which at least one, especially not traditional, a contemporary well-known illustrator was.

1625 is the acquisition of the Amsterdam corner house on the Sint- Anthonisbreestraat and the Zwanenburgwal detected by Hendrick van Uylenburgh where the studio of the recently deceased Portrait painter Cornelis van der Voort ( 1576-1624 ) was housed. It was the neighboring house of today, situated at the Jodenbreestraat Rembrant House. Um 1625 around Uylenburgh must therefore have left his exile. In Amsterdam, he quickly closed good contacts, and his business soon became the leading art dealer in town. Very close its business, also at Sint - Antoniesbreesluis (today Sint Antoniesbreestraat ) lived Pieter Lastman, in which Rembrandt van Rijn had learned in 1625 for six months. Possibly, Rembrandt and van Uylenburgh have already learned in that time, at least lived Rembrandt 1631-1635 as " boarders " in Uylenburghschen house and participated in 1631, before he moved to Amsterdam by 1000 florins to Uylenburghs art trade by giving him this high amount of a loan made ​​. About the same time opened van Uylenburgh in the estate an art studio, which was led from 1631 by Rembrandt. The contract for the portrayal of the Amsterdam guild of surgeons ( The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp ) was him probably mediated by van Uylenburgh.

1634 Rembrandt married Saskia van Uylenburgh Uylenburghs niece. 1635 came the cooperation Uylenburghs with Rembrandt to an end; Rembrandt and Saskia moved into a rented apartment in the Nieuwe Doelenstraat ( and later moved into the Zwanenburgerstraat. In January 1639 Rembrandt acquired a property at the Breestraat (now Jodenbreestraat ), now the Rembrandt House, where he was to live twenty years. )

Van Uylenburgh moved in 1647 to the Dam, where he anmietete the house De Bril next to the Amsterdam Town Hall later Paleis op de Dam from the city. His art trade was taken over by Joannes de Renialme. 1654 had van Uylenburgh due to rent arrears move to the Wester market. His studio was at the Lauriergracht under in a property that was owned by Govert Flinck and Jürgen Ovens. Flinck is considered the successor to the Atelier line.

Hendrick van Uylenburgh died in 1661 and was buried in the Westerkerk in Amsterdam.

His son Gerrit took over his father the art trade and hit the headlines when a sale of 13 images to the Elector Frederick William of Brandenburg did not materialize. He let make a total of 35 expert about the authenticity of the works, including by Jan Lievens, Melchior de Hondecoeter, Gerbrand van den Eeckhout and Johannes Vermeer. However, his reputation was so damaged, that he was forced to declare bankruptcy in 1675.