Marinus Adrianus Koekkoek the Younger

Marinus Adrianus Koekkoek the Younger
Marinus Adrianus Koekkoek the Younger
Born	January 29, 1873; Amsterdam
Died	May 30, 1944; Amsterdam
Nationality	Netherlands

Marinus Adrianus Koekkoek the Younger or Marinus Adrianus Koekkoek (II) (January 29, 1873 – May 30, 1944) was a Netherlands painter from the Netherlands.

Parrots

Koekkoek was born in Amsterdam into a large family of landscape painters as the son of Willem and was named after his uncle Marinus Adrianus the Elder. He spent 20 years working for the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie in Leiden and is known for landscapes with animals.[1] Koekkoek the Younger died in Amsterdam.

Eponym

A species of snake, Typhlops koekkoeki, is named in his honor.[2]

References

Marinus Adrianus Koekkoek (II) in the RKD
Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. ("Koekkoek", p. 144).

External links

Marinus Adrianus Koekkoek the Younger on artnet

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[1] Marinus Adrianus Koekkoek (II) in the RKD

[2] Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. ("Koekkoek", p. 144).