Ignatius van der Beken
Ignatius van der Beken , also Ignace van der Beken (born December 11, 1689 in Antwerp ; † June 7, 1774 ibid), was a Flemish genre , portrait and still life painter .
Life
Van der Beken was a student of Willem van Herp the Younger (1657–1729) in 1701. In 1712 he went to Düsseldorf to the court of the Palatinate Elector Johann Wilhelm . In 1716, 1722, 1723, 1738, 1743, 1744 and 1749 he acted as dean of the Antwerp St. Luke Guild and thus had an influential position in the artistic community in his hometown, which from 1714 belonged to the Austrian Netherlands .
Van der Beken created company and family portraits in the gallant style of his time. In 1733 he portrayed the Archbishop, Arch Chancellor and Elector Philipp Karl von Eltz-Kempenich in Mainz .
Galant company on a terrace , Statens Museum for Kunst
Group portrait on a terrace by a park , Statens Museum for Kunst
Music-making and dancing company on a terrace , Statens Museum for Kunst
Family after the hunt on a terrace by the park , Statens Museum for Kunst
literature
- Hans Vollmer : Beken, Ignace van der . In: Ulrich Thieme , Felix Becker (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker. tape 3 : Bassano – Bickham . Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig 1909, p. 218 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Ignatius van der Beken . In: Adriaan van der Willigen, Fred G. Meijer: A dictionary of Dutch and Flemish still-life painters working in oils, 1525-1725 . Primavera, Leiden 2003, ISBN 90-74310-85-0 , p. 34.
Web links
- Ignatius van der Beken , data sheet in the portal rkd.nl ( Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Beken, Ignatius van der |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Beken, Ignace van der |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Flemish genre, portrait and still life painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 11, 1689 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Antwerp |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 7, 1774 |
| Place of death | Antwerp |