Cornelis van Caukercken
Cornelis van Caukercken (10 March 1626, Antwerp – 1680, Bruges) was a Flemish engraver and printseller.
Also recorded as Cornelis van Koukerken · Cornelis van Caukercken (I) · Cornelis van Coukercken · Cornelis van Caukerken
Cornelis van Caukercken

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- Born
- 1626 · Antwerp.
- Died
- 1680 · Bruges.
- Nationality
- Southern Netherlands
- Occupation
- engraver · draftsperson · printseller · printer · artist
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Cornelis van Caukercken (10 March 1626, Antwerp – 1680, Bruges) was a Flemish engraver and printseller.
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Work
Work
Places of work recorded in the authority are Antwerp and Bruges. Work by Cornelis van Caukercken is recorded in the collections of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, National Museum Paleis het Loo, Print Collection, Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp and Musea Brugge.
• Illustration — Robert van den Hoecke, from Cornelis de Bie's Het Gulden Cabinet, 1662. • Illustration — Pieter Meert, from Het Gulden Cabinet. • Illustration — Welbeck Le Superbe Cheval de Spanie, engraving (reprinted 1743) by C. van Caukercken, after Abraham van Diepenbeeck. He was a printseller and engraver, based in Antwerp, who made plates of portraits, and other subjects, after the works of Rubens, Van Dyck, and other Flemish painters. Writing at the end of the 18th century, Joseph Strutt said of his engravings: He worked entirely with the graver, in a heavy laboured style, without much taste. He usually crossed his second strokes squarely upon the first, which mode requires more exquisite handling of the graver than Caukerken possessed, to render the effect agreeable." Strutt also describes Caukerken's drawing as "defective", while conceding that "some of his best prints are not devoid of merit."
Portraits
Portraits
• Peter Snayers, painter of battles after D. van Heil. • Tobias Verhaect, painter after Otto van Veen. • Robert van Hoeck, painter after G. Coques. (pictured) • Peeter Meert, portrait painter after C. Caukercken. (pictured) • Charles van den Bosch, Bishop of Bruges. • Charles II, King of England; the figure by Caukercken, the rest by Hollar.
Various subjects
Various subjects
• The Dead Christ in the lap of the Virgin after Annibale Carracci. • The Dead Christ, with the Virgin, Magdalene, and St. John after Van Dyck. • The Descent of the Holy Ghost after Van Dyck. • Charity, with three Children after Van Dyck. • Roman Charity after Rubens. • St. Anne teaching the Virgin after Rubens. • The Martyrdom of St. Lievin after Rubens. The best impressions are those before the name of De Hollander. • A Woman suckling an Infant; after A. Diepenbeeck. • Boors in a Tavern; after J. Molenaer.
Identity
Identity
Cornelis van Caukercken is recorded as engraver, draftsperson, printseller, printer and artist.

Title Joannes de Carondelet Contributor Carondelet, Jean (1469-1544) (depicted) van Caukercken, Cornelis (Flemish engraver, draughtsman, publisher and painter(?), 1626-1680) (artist) (graphic artist) Date s.d Publisher (1650-1800) (printed ca. 1739, engraved in the 17th century) Genre Portraits Extent voorstelling: 128 x 107 mm voorstelling met opschrift: 155 x 112 mm plaatrand: 157 x 116 mm. Grap
van Caukercken, Cornelis (Flemish engraver, draughtsman, publisher and painter(?), 1626-1680) (artist) (graphic artist) · https: collectionId=81531994540001488 lang=en sortItemsBy=date_a query=any,contains,PA00023

Title D. Carolus vanden Bosch Contributor van den Bosch, Carolus, bishop of Bruges, bishop of Ghent (1597-1665) (depicted) van Caukercken, Cornelis (Flemish engraver, draughtsman, publisher and painter(?), 1626-1680) (artist) (graphic artist) Date s.d Publisher (1650-1800) Genre Portraits Extent voorstelling: 134 x 110 mm voorstelling met opschrift: 157 x 110 mm. Graphic Black-and-white; Language
van Caukercken, Cornelis (Flemish engraver, draughtsman, publisher and painter(?), 1626-1680) (artist) (graphic artist) · https: collectionId=81531994540001488 lang=en sortItemsBy=date_a query=any,contains,PA02304
Life and career
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Life and career
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1626
Cornelis van Caukercken was born in 1626 at Antwerp.
1680
Cornelis van Caukercken died in 1680 at Bruges.
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Antwerp.
Birth place
Bruges.
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Primary material
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authority record
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q5171251: Cornelis van Caukercken
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reference work
- “Cornelis Van Caukercken”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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Notes from the source article
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- 1.Bryan, 1886
- 2.Strutt, Joseph. A Biographical Dictionary Containing All the Engravers, From the Earliest Period of the Art of Engraving to the Present Day. Robert Faulder. 1. 188. 1786.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 2
- Caukercken, Cornelis van.
- Cornelis van Caukercken (I) at the RKD database
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The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 16 August 2026.
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