Morten Steenwinkel (6 July 1595, Varberg – 9 December 1646, Copenhagen), was a Danish architect and painter.
Biography According to Houbraken he was a good animal painter specialized in horses. Steenwinkel Biography in De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature In 1640 he came to the court of Christian IV where one of his life-sized horses was so well-painted that a live horse sprang at it thinking it was real.As Houbraken points out, this type of anecdote is a favorite theme in biographies of artists since Zeuxis.
According to the RKD he was the teacher of the Danish painter Bernhard Keil and the son of Hans Steenwinkel.Morten Steenwinkel in the RKD He traveled to Italy in 1629. In 1632 he was back north where he became a member of the Antwerp Guild of Saint Luke.Martin or Geraerd Steenwinkel in a biography by A.J. van der Aa He was followed by Adriaen Hansz Muiltjes.
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