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Lucas van Valckenborch BIOGRAPHY
after 1535-1597. Known for: Mountain, coastal view, tree landscapes, landmark and portrait painting.
Lucas van Valckenborch was a member of a large family of painters from Louvain who left the southern Netherlands following the Spanish occupation and took refuge in Germany for political and... Read full biography
Lucas van Valckenborch was a member of a large family of painters from Louvain who left the southern Netherlands following the Spanish occupation and took refuge in Germany for political and religious reasons. The first reference to the artist dates from 1560 when he is registered as a painter in... Read full biography
Lucas van Valckenborch was a member of a large family of painters from Louvain who left the southern Netherlands following the Spanish occupation and took refuge in Germany for political and religious reasons. The first reference to the artist dates from 1560 when he is registered as a painter in the guild of Saint Luke in Malines, while four years later he accepted Jaspar van der Linden as an apprentice. In 1566 Van Valckenborch fled first to Liège then to Aachen where his brother, the painter... Read full biography
Lucas van Valckenborch was a member of a large family of painters from Louvain who left the southern Netherlands following the Spanish occupation and took refuge in Germany for political and religious reasons. The first reference to the artist dates from 1560 when he is registered as a painter in the guild of Saint Luke in Malines, while four years later he accepted Jaspar van der Linden as an apprentice. In 1566 Van Valckenborch fled first to Liège then to Aachen where his brother, the painter Marten van Valckenborch, was living. He returned to Antwerp between 1574 and 1575 and in 1579 became court painter to the Archduke Matthias von Habsburg, governor of the Spanish Provinces. Around 1582 Van Valckenborch followed his brother to Linz,... Read full biography
Lucas van Valckenborch was a member of a large family of painters from Louvain who left the southern Netherlands following the Spanish occupation and took refuge in Germany for political and religious reasons. The first reference to the artist dates from 1560 when he is registered as a painter in the guild of Saint Luke in Malines, while four years later he accepted Jaspar van der Linden as an apprentice. In 1566 Van Valckenborch fled first to Liège then to Aachen where his brother, the painter Marten van Valckenborch, was living. He returned to Antwerp between 1574 and 1575 and in 1579 became court painter to the Archduke Matthias von Habsburg, governor of the Spanish Provinces. Around 1582 Van Valckenborch followed his brother to Linz, after which both settled permanently in Frankfurt around 1592–93. From the large number of surviving works it would seem that Va... Read full biography
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Lucas van Valckenborch was a member of a large family of painters from Louvain who left the southern Netherlands following the Spanish occupation and took refuge in Germany for political and religious reasons.
The first reference to the artist dates from 1560 when he is registered as a painter in the guild of Saint Luke in Malines, while four years later he accepted Jaspar van der Linden as an apprentice.
In 1566 Van Valckenborch fled first to Liège then to Aachen where his brother, the painter Marten van Valckenborch, was living. He returned to Antwerp between 1574 and 1575 and in 1579 became court painter to the Archduke Matthias von Habsburg, governor of the Spanish Provinces.
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