Jacob Duck

{{Short description|Dutch painter and etcher}} [[File:Jacob Duck - Soldiers Playing Cards in a Guardroom.jpg|thumb|Jacob Duck, ''Guard House with soldiers and a pack of cards'', Szépművészeti Múzeum]]

'''Jacob Duck''' (also ''Ducq, Duyck, Duick, Duc'') (1600 – buried 22/28 January 1667) was a Dutch painter and etcher.<ref name=rkd>[https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/24542 Jacob Duck (Dutch)] in the RKD</ref>

Duck is thought to have been born in Utrecht. From 1611, he was trained in Utrecht to become a goldsmith, in which craft he became a master in 1619. From 1621 he took drawing lessons from Joost Cornelisz Droochsloot. He was primarily active in Utrecht, but between 1636 and 1646 also in Haarlem, while between 1656 and 1660 he lived in The Hague. In 1661 he returned to Utrecht, where he died and was buried at the monastery of St. Mary Magdalene.<ref name=rkd/> Duck primarily painted soldiers, figures, and everyday scenes.<ref name="ref1">{{cite web|url=http://www.answers.com/topic/jacob-duck-1|title=Brief Bio of Jacob Duck|website=Answers.com |access-date=2009-09-24}}</ref> His works reside at many notable museums, including the Hermitage Museum.<ref name="ref2">{{cite web|url=https://www.hermitagemuseum.org/wps/portal/hermitage/search-results#search=jacob%2520duck|title=Works of Jacob Duck, Hermitage Museum|access-date=2023-10-25}}</ref>

==References== {{reflist}} {{commons-inline|Paintings by Jacob Duck}}

==External links== * [http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/d/duck/index.html Works at WGA]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Duck, Jacob}} Category:1600 births Category:1667 deaths Category:Dutch Golden Age painters Category:Dutch male painters Category:Artists from Utrecht (city) Category:Painters from Haarlem