PAINTER

Lucas van Valckenborch

1535 - 1597

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Lucas van Valckenborch or Lucas van Valckenborch the Elder (c. 1535 in Leuven – 2 February 1597 in Frankfurt am Main) was a Flemish painter, mainly known for his landscapes. He also made contributions to portrait painting, and allegorical and market scenes. Court painter to Archduke Matthias, the governor of the Spanish Netherlands in Brussels, he later migrated to Austria and then Germany, where he joined members of his extended family of artists who had moved there for religious reasons. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lucas van Valckenborch is the 1,165th most popular painter (down from 1,044th in 2019), the 429th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 371st in 2019) and the 78th most popular Belgian Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Lucas van Valckenborch ranks 1,165 out of 2,023Before him are Boris Vallejo, N. C. Wyeth, Caspar Netscher, Uroš Predić, Mikoláš Aleš, and Giuseppe Amisani. After him are Barent Fabritius, Emile Claus, Mykola Pymonenko, Zoran Mušič, Simon Marmion, and Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1535, Lucas van Valckenborch ranks 21Before him are Marcantonio Colonna, Titu Cusi, Frans Hogenberg, Lucrezia d'Este, Marc'Antonio Ingegneri, and Giaches de Wert. After him are Yemişçi Hasan Pasha, Éléonore de Roye, and Klaus Fleming. Among people deceased in 1597, Lucas van Valckenborch ranks 19Before him are Gunilla Bielke, Luís Fróis, Giovanni Leonardo Di Bona, Won Gyun, Prospero Fontana, and Princess Elizabeth of Sweden. After him are Fernando de Herrera, Klaus Fleming, and Jakub Wujek.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Lucas van Valckenborch ranks 429 out of 1,190Before him are Jean Stas (1813), Peter Benoit (1834), Raoul Lambert (1944), Philippe van Lansberge (1561), Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens (1823), and Pierre François Verhulst (1804). After him are Benoît Sokal (1954), Emile Claus (1849), Raymond Braine (1907), Charles de Broqueville (1860), Princess Marie-Esméralda of Belgium (1956), and Wim Mertens (1953).

Among PAINTERS In Belgium

Among painters born in Belgium, Lucas van Valckenborch ranks 78Before him are Gustaaf Wappers (1803), Aelbrecht Bouts (1450), Jan Sanders van Hemessen (1500), David Vinckboons (1576), Joos de Momper (1564), and Corneille Guillaume Beverloo (1922). After him are Emile Claus (1849), Michiel Sweerts (1618), Marcel Broodthaers (1924), Cornelis Schut (1597), Constant Permeke (1886), and Adriaen Isenbrandt (1490).