Coenraet Roepel (1678–1748) was an 18th-century fruit and flower still life painter from the Dutch Republic.
Biography
He was born in The Hague. According to Jan van Gool he was an avid gardener and his love of flowers made him become a pupil of Constantijn Netscher so that he could paint the flowers and other plants in his garden. Koenraet Roepel, Part 1, page 426 in Nieuwe Schouburg (with painter index), (1750) by Jan van Gool, in the Institute of Dutch History He travelled to Düsseldorf in 1716 and received a gold chain and medal from Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine for his work. He had high hopes of painting more for the elector, but his patron died the same year, so Coenraet returned to the Netherlands. On his return, he became a member of the Confrerie Pictura in 1718 and was very successful in The Hague, receiving as much as 1,000 guilders for a work, but was later eclipsed by the flower painter Jan van Huysum.
According to the RKD he was trained in the Confrerie in 1698–1699 and first became a member there in 1711.Coenraet Roepel in the RKD His pupil was Pieter Terwesten. He died in 1748 in The Hague.
The Lazaro Galdiano Museum in Madrid owns a couple of Still lifes, one with fruits and the other a Vase with Flowers, from Roepel.
References
Coenraet Roepel on Artnet