Mechtelt van Lichtenberg

Mechtelt van Lichtenberg was a painter (1520–1598). She was born at Utrecht and died at Kampen.

Also recorded as Mechtelt toe Boecop; Mechteld toe Boecop; Mechteld toe Lichtenberg; Mechtelt van Lichtenberg toe Boecop.

Mechtelt van Lichtenberg in brief

Born
1520
Died
1598
Known for
painter
Place of birth
Utrecht
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Identity and origins

The authorities additionally record the headings Mechtelt toe Boecop, Mechteld toe Boecop, Mechteld toe Lichtenberg and Mechtelt van Lichtenberg toe Boecop. Her recorded language was Dutch.

She married Egbert toe Boecop. 2 children are recorded: Cornelia toe Boecop and Margaretha toe Boecop.

Catalogued works

6 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1546 to 1992.

Pietà with Mary Magdalene, dated 1546, held by Centraal Museum, inventory 18073. Last Supper, dated 1574, held by Stedelijk Museum Kampen, inventory 3334. Adoration of the Shepherds, dated 1572. Last Supper with possibly portraits of Derck toe Boecop and his sons Arent , and Egbert (?-1578) as apostles, dated 1569. Portrait of Maria van den Bouchorst, dated 1566. Epilepsy and Persian culture : an overview / A. Vanzan, F. Paladin., dated 1992, held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 3 named public collections.

Centraal Museum: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Stedelijk Museum Kampen: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

5 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Lichtenberg Bildnis seines Geistes, Lichtenberg, 1968. Selected Papers of Joseph Lichtenberg, 2015. Ein Höhepunkt der Lichtenberg-Renaissance, Neophilologus, 1956. MacNeill-Lichtenberg Decision Tree, PsycTESTS Dataset, 1998. Denkmal für Karl Liebknecht und Rosa Luxemburg Berlin-Lichtenberg, Deutschland, 1926, Mies van der RoheDas gebaute Werk, 2014.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 10 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 3 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 3 means 3 genuinely separate publishers of record. 16 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Chronology

  1. 1520Mechtelt van Lichtenberg born at Utrecht.
  2. 1546Pietà with Mary Magdalene (Centraal Museum).
  3. 1566Portrait of Maria van den Bouchorst.
  4. 1569Last Supper with possibly portraits of Derck toe Boecop and his sons Arent , and Egbert (?-1578) as apostles.
  5. 1572Adoration of the Shepherds.
  6. 1574Last Supper (Stedelijk Museum Kampen).
  7. 1598Mechtelt van Lichtenberg died at Kampen.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    Denkmal für Karl Liebknecht und Rosa Luxemburg Berlin-Lichtenberg, Deutschland, 1926, Mies van der RoheDas gebaute Werk, 2014

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    Ein Höhepunkt der Lichtenberg-Renaissance, Neophilologus, 1956

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  3. 3.

    Lichtenberg Bildnis seines Geistes, Lichtenberg, 1968

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

    Consult the source
  4. 4.

    MacNeill-Lichtenberg Decision Tree, PsycTESTS Dataset, 1998

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

    Consult the source
  5. 5.

    Selected Papers of Joseph Lichtenberg, 2015

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

    Consult the source
  6. 6.

    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 1 work naming Mechtelt van Lichtenberg.

    museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection

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  7. 7.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q4961995: Mechtelt van Lichtenberg

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation

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  8. 8.

    “Mechtelt van Lichtenberg”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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