![]() ![]() The present set of drawings are the original drawings to the engraved plates "Onderhoud met den Jammedaar te Alamparvé" (conversing with the 'Jammedaar' in Alamparvé) and the title-vignette both to J. Much appreciated drawings by Vinkeles are his pendant versions of the Amsterdam City Theatre, of which a set is present in the John and Marine van Vlissingen Art Foundation. Le Bas in Paris, by whom he was taught the technique of dry needle etching. Reinier left an oeuvre of over 2500 prints, who served mainly as book illustrations. Besides this, he was active at the Amsterdamsche Teeken-Akademie (Amsterdam Drawing Academy) as a board member as well. Reinier became the assistant to Punt for over a decade. Following the family line, Reinier Vinkeles was originally intended to become a tradesman, though at the age of only eleven years old his remarkable talent regarding drawing was recoqnised by a fellow student which resulted to an apprenticeship with Jan Punt (Amsterdam, 1711-1779) where the gifted youngster was trained to become an engraver. ![]()
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