Philips Vingboons was part of the school of Jacob van Campen, that is, Dutch Classicism.
11 Facts About Philips Vingboons
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Philips Vingboons was born in circa 1607 in Amsterdam in the Dutch Republic.
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Philips Vingboons's father David Vinckboons was a painter from the Southern Netherlands who had fled from Antwerp to Amsterdam during the Dutch Revolt.
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Philips Vingboons's brother Johannes Vingboons was a painter and his brother Justus Vingboons was an architect.
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Philips Vingboons started his career as a painter in the family business with his father and siblings, where he was educated with cartography, mathematics, architecture, and classics.
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Philips Vingboons later became an architect, and he was possibly a student of the architect Jacob van Campen.
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In contrast with Jacob van Campen, Philips Vingboons knew how to fit classicism creatively with the typically narrow city houses of Amsterdam.
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Philips Vingboons is well named as the inventor of the Amsterdam "Halsgevel" type of facade, since in 1638 he designed the oldest surviving "Halsgevel" in Amsterdam, at Herengracht 168.
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Philips Vingboons lived during the high point of Amsterdam's power and wealth, halfway through the 17th century, and became the city's most important architect and designer.
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Philips Vingboons especially designed houses since, as a Catholic, he was passed over for state commissions.
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Philips Vingboons designed country homes for Amsterdam regency members such as Driemond, near Weesp, 1642, Havezate Rollecate near Vollenhove, circa 1654, Westwijk for Reinier Pauw de Jonge in Purmer, Nijenhuis and Peckendam near Diepenheim, 1656, Gansenhoef in Maarssen, Vanenburg for Hendrik van Eessen near Harderwijk, 1664, Borg Nittersum for Joan Clant in Stedum, and Harsveld in Ootmarsum.