moncouys

Updated: May 23, 2025

In 1675 he died, in his forty-third year, and at the apogee of his powers. When he became a member of the corporation of painters at Delft he could not pay in full the initiation fee, six florins, and he gave on account one florin ten cents the entry in the books attests this astounding fact. He was poor, but he had youth and genius, and he loved. Moncouys also recorded another interesting fact.

James Huneker - Ivory Apes and Peacocks