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Painter from Denmark
A.K.A.
Eberhard Keil, Bernhard Keilhau, Monsù Bernardo, Bernardo Eberhart Keilhau, Bernard Keil, Monsu Bernardo Kailo, Bernhard Kailo, Bernhardt Keil, Monsu Bernardo Keylhau, Monsieur Bernardo, Monsu Bernardo Keyl, Bernardi Keil, Eberhardt Kailo, Bernhard Keyl, Eberhardt Keilhau, Eberhardt Keillh, Monsu Bernardo Kail, Monsù Bernardo Danese di Roma, Monsu Bernardo, Eberhardt Keyl, Bernhard Keylhau, Monsu Bernardo Degelhoff, Monsu Bernardo Keillh, Eberhard Keilhau, Monsù Bernardo Keilhau, Monsu Bernardo Keilhau, Eberhardt Kail, Monsù Bernardo Keil, Monsù Bernardo Danese, Bernhard Degelhoff, Bernhard Kail, Eberhardt Degelhoff, Eberhardt Keylhau, Bernhard Keillh
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Male
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Birth:
1 January 1624(Helsingør, Helsingør Municipality, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark)
Death:
3 February 1687(Rome, Province of Rome, Lazio, Italy)
The details
Biography
Introduction
Bernhard Keil or Keyl (1624 – 3 February 1687) was a Danish Baroque painter who became a pupil of Rembrandt.
Biography
Keil was born in Helsingør. According to the RKD he was a pupil of the Danish painter Morten Steenwinkel, who became a pupil of Rembrandt in Amsterdam in the years 1642-1644. In 1645-1648 he was with Hendrick Uylenburgh and he had a workshop of his own in the years 1649-1651. In 1656 he travelled to Rome, and is registered there until 1687, when he died. He also worked in Bergamo and Venice. He was influenced by Jan Lievens and in turn influenced the painters Pietro Bellotti (1627-1700), Antonio Cifrondi, and Giacomo Francesco Cipper.