Hendrik van Steenwijk II

Hendrik van Steenwijk II (c. 1580 – before 1649) was a Baroque painter of architectural interiors who was trained by his father Hendrik van Steenwijk I, one of the originators of the genre.cite book | author = Hans Vlieghe | year = 1998 | title = Flemish Art and Architecture, 1585-1700 | series = Pelican history of art | location = New Haven | publisher = Yale University Press | pages = 201| id = ISBN 0300070381] He was active in Antwerp until about 1617, where he collaborated with early Flemish Baroque painters such as Frans Francken I and Jan Brueghel the Elder.Frans Baudouin, "Hendrick van Steenwijk (ii)," "Grove Art Online", Oxford University Press, [accessed November 26, 2007] .] Van Steenwijk is best-known for the numerous imaginary interiors that were based on the Cathedral of Our Lady, Antwerp. These had an immediate influence on paintings by Pieter Neeffs I. After settling in London by 1617, he painted backgrounds for Anthony van Dyck and Daniel Mytens the Elder. Van Steenwijk later moved to The Hague around 1645, where he was a painter at the court until his death around 1649. His wife, Susanna van Steenwijk was also a painter.

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