Hendrick Munnichhoven

Who was Hendrick Munnichhoven?

Hendrick Munnichhoven, probably born in Stockholm, death in August 1664 in Stockholm, was a Swedish painter. He was hired in 1650 by Queen Christina of Sweden and was commissioned to paint several portraits. Munnikhoven was mainly active as a copyist of other artists' works; one of his copies of David Beck's painting of Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie is on display at Gripsholm Castle.

In 1648 he joined the service of Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie in Prague; he accompanied De la Gardie to Leipzig, Riga and Stockholm during the next years. He performed several portraits of De la Gardie and his relatives. When Queen Christina abdicatated in 1654 he moved to Charles X Gustav of Sweden's services and portraited in the following years the King and Queen Hedvig Eleonora.

In 1660 He moved to Riga, but his stay there was short-lived and he returned to Stockholm, where he died in 1664. His older sister Barbara Swever took over his paint shop.