Lucas Vorsterman
Wolfgang Wilhelm von Pfalz-Neuburg Copper engraving by Lucas Vorsterman the Elder. Ä. after a portrait by Anthony van Dyck
Lucas Vorsterman the Elder (* 1595 in Antwerp ; † 1675 ) was a Dutch engraver and draftsman.
Life
He worked with Peter Paul Rubens and Anthonis van Dyck . Vorsterman was one of the most important engravers of Rubens' school, whose pictures he, like those of other Dutch and Flemish contemporaries, knew how to reproduce masterfully. In 1624 he went to England, where he worked for Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel and Charles I for eight years .
Works
- Portrait of Nicolaas Rockox
- Triumph of poverty
- Capriolles sur les voltes à main gauche (after Diepenbeke)
literature
- A Hyatt Mayor, Prints and People . Metropolitan Museum of Art / Princeton, 1971, no.427-32, ISBN 0691003262
- Brockhaus Konversations Lexikon 14th edition 1908
- Hermann Arthur Lier: Vorstermann, Lucas . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 40, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1896, p. 319 f.
Web links
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Vorsterman, Lucas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch engraver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1595 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Antwerp |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1675 |