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Gerard Seghers BIOGRAPHY
1591 - 1651. Known for: Painting and sculpture.
Gerhard Seghers was accepted into the Guild of St. Luke in Antwerp at the age of twelve. There is no mention of his teachers; however, Hendrick van Balen the Elder (1575-1632), Abraham Janssens... Read full biography
Gerhard Seghers was accepted into the Guild of St. Luke in Antwerp at the age of twelve. There is no mention of his teachers; however, Hendrick van Balen the Elder (1575-1632), Abraham Janssens (1567-1632) or Gaspard de Crayer (1584-1669) come to mind. He became master of the guild in 1608. In 1611... Read full biography
Gerhard Seghers was accepted into the Guild of St. Luke in Antwerp at the age of twelve. There is no mention of his teachers; however, Hendrick van Balen the Elder (1575-1632), Abraham Janssens (1567-1632) or Gaspard de Crayer (1584-1669) come to mind. He became master of the guild in 1608. In 1611 he went to Italy and Spain for ten years, studied in Rome and then returned to Flanders. Here he assisted Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) with paintings for the Jesuit church in his home town.... Read full biography
Gerhard Seghers was accepted into the Guild of St. Luke in Antwerp at the age of twelve. There is no mention of his teachers; however, Hendrick van Balen the Elder (1575-1632), Abraham Janssens (1567-1632) or Gaspard de Crayer (1584-1669) come to mind. He became master of the guild in 1608. In 1611 he went to Italy and Spain for ten years, studied in Rome and then returned to Flanders. Here he assisted Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) with paintings for the Jesuit church in his home town.
Gerhard Seghers was accepted into the Guild of St. Luke in Antwerp at the age of twelve. There is no mention of his teachers; however, Hendrick van Balen the Elder (1575-1632), Abraham Janssens (1567-1632) or Gaspard de Crayer (1584-1669) come to mind. He became master of the guild in 1608. In 1611 he went to Italy and Spain for ten years, studied in Rome and then returned to Flanders. Here he assisted Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) with paintings for the Jesuit church in his home town.
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Gerhard Seghers was accepted into the Guild of St. Luke in Antwerp at the age of twelve. There is no mention of his teachers; however, Hendrick van Balen the Elder (1575-1632), Abraham Janssens (1567-1632) or Gaspard de Crayer (1584-1669) come to mind. He became master of the guild in 1608. In 1611 he went to Italy and Spain for ten years, studied in Rome and then returned to Flanders. Here he assisted Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) with paintings for the Jesuit church in his home town.