Johannes lingelbach biography

Lingelbach was a German born painter, who was an influential artist from the second generation of the Bambocciate painters. The Bamboccianti were Dutch genre painters who visited Rome in the 17th Century and captured the city’s bustling piazzas and ports.

The term Bamboccianti comes from the Italian word for “puppet”, which describes the puppet-like figures of the Dutch painter Pieter van Laer (1599 – 1642), called Il Bamboccio; the name also references a physical deformity Laer had.

Lingelbach followed Laer’s style in Roman genre works, bringing his own Italianate style into influence of Northern European painters.

He is one of the few Dutch painters of the Bamboccianti, whose works are documented in depth, making his influence greater in the progression of the style, (Grove Dictionary of Art). Some of his works in Rome were once attributed to Pieter van Laer, but are now rightfully claimed to be Lingelbach’s, such as his, Roman Street Scene with Card Players,