Marten van Valckenborch
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Marten van Valckenborch (1535, Leuven
– 1612, Frankfurt
), was a Flemish Renaissance painter.
in 1566 he left town with Lucas van Valckenborch
and they made a trip from Luik to Aachen
along the Meuse (river), painting river valley views. When William the Silent
turned against the Spanish, they returned to the Netherlands, where they made many small clever pieces that sold well. Marten then moved to Frankfurt, where he later had sons who also became good painters.
According to the RKD he was the father of the painters Frederik and Gillis van Valckenborch
, and the uncle of Lucas van Valckenborch (though they were close in age). He was registered in Antwerp in 1565, Aachen in 1566-1573, back in Antwerp in the years 1584-1585, and Frankfurt from 1586 onwards.
Leuven
Leuven is the capital of the province of Flemish Brabant in the Flemish Region, Belgium...
– 1612, Frankfurt
Frankfurt
Frankfurt am Main , commonly known simply as Frankfurt, is the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany, with a 2010 population of 688,249. The urban area had an estimated population of 2,300,000 in 2010...
), was a Flemish Renaissance painter.
Biography
According to Karel van Mander he learned to paint landscapes in Mechelen, which was known as a center for oil and water-colours and especially landscape painting. At the time of the BeeldenstormBeeldenstorm
Beeldenstorm in Dutch, roughly translatable to "statue storm", or Bildersturm in German , also the Iconoclastic Fury, is a term used for outbreaks of destruction of religious images that occurred in Europe in the 16th century...
in 1566 he left town with Lucas van Valckenborch
Lucas van Valckenborch
Lucas van Valkenborch was a member of a family of Flemish Renaissance landscape and genre painters.-Biography:...
and they made a trip from Luik to Aachen
Aachen
Aachen has historically been a spa town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Aachen was a favoured residence of Charlemagne, and the place of coronation of the Kings of Germany. Geographically, Aachen is the westernmost town of Germany, located along its borders with Belgium and the Netherlands, ...
along the Meuse (river), painting river valley views. When William the Silent
William the Silent
William I, Prince of Orange , also widely known as William the Silent , or simply William of Orange , was the main leader of the Dutch revolt against the Spanish that set off the Eighty Years' War and resulted in the formal independence of the United Provinces in 1648. He was born in the House of...
turned against the Spanish, they returned to the Netherlands, where they made many small clever pieces that sold well. Marten then moved to Frankfurt, where he later had sons who also became good painters.
According to the RKD he was the father of the painters Frederik and Gillis van Valckenborch
Gillis van Valckenborch
Gillis van Valckenborch , was a Flemish Baroque painter.-Biography:According to the RKD he was the son of the painter Marten van Valckenborch, the brother of the painter Frederik van Valckenborch, and the nephew of the painter Lucas van Valckenborch...
, and the uncle of Lucas van Valckenborch (though they were close in age). He was registered in Antwerp in 1565, Aachen in 1566-1573, back in Antwerp in the years 1584-1585, and Frankfurt from 1586 onwards.