Jacob van der Heyden
Jacob van der Heyden (1572–1636) was a Flemish Baroque painter, sculptor and engraver. According to Houbraken he was a painter from Strasbourg who painted for royalty. According to the RKD he was a son of Jan van der Heyden (died 1610) and worked in Strasbourg and was known for portraits, landscapes and historical allegories.
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Jacob van der Heyden
Jacob van der Heyden (1573-1645). · Public domain
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- Southern Netherlands
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- painter · printmaker · graphic artist · sculptor · publisher · globe maker
- Fields
- portrait
- Languages
- German
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Jacob van der Heyden (1572–1636) was a Flemish Baroque painter, sculptor and engraver. According to Houbraken he was a painter from Strasbourg who painted for royalty. According to the RKD he was a son of Jan van der Heyden (died 1610) and worked in Strasbourg and was known for portraits, landscapes and historical allegories.
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Born at Mechelen in 1573, died in Brussels in 1645.
The recorded working language is German. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait. Places of work recorded in the authority are Strasbourg, Frankfurt and Sweden. Work by Jacob van der Heyden is recorded in the collections of Minneapolis Institute of Art, Art Institute of Chicago, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes, Print Collection and Het Scheepvaartmuseum.
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Strasbourg.
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- 1.François Lotz, Artistes peintres alsaciens décédés avant 1800, Kayserseberg, Printek, 1994, , p. 76.
- 2.Archives de la Ville et de l'Eurométropole de Strasbourg, livre de bourgeoisie 1559/1639, 1 R 105, col. 635.
- 3.Jacob Bruck, Emblemata Moralia et bellica, Strasbourg, 1615 (lire en ligne).
- 4.Speculum Cornelianum, in sich haltent viel artiger Figuren betreffent das Leben eines vermeynden Studenten, sampt andern lehrhafften Vorbildungen, jetzt auffs newe mit vielen schönen Kupfferstücken, sampt der Beschreibung dess Lebens Cornelii Relegati vermehrt und gebessert, an Tag geben durch Jacobum von der Heyden (lire en ligne).
Bibliography printed in the source article · 3
- F. W. H. Hollstein, German Engravings, Etchings and Woodcuts ca 1400-1700, tome XIIIa.
- François Lotz, Artistes peintres alsaciens décédés avant 1800, Kayserseberg, Printek, 1994, n°143 p. 75-76.
- François Joseph Fuchs, « Jacob van der Heyden », Nouveau dictionnaire de biographie alsacienne, vol. 16, n°1575.
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