Robert van den Hoecke
Robert van den Hoecke, View from Ostend , c.1650. Art History Museum
Robert van den Hoecke (born November 30, 1622 in Antwerp , † 1688 ) was a Dutch painter and etcher.
Robert van den Hoecke, brother of Jan van den Hoecke , was a student of his father and was accepted into the Guild of St. Luke in Antwerp in 1645.
He also worked as an architect, having been appointed by the King of Spain to be the superintendent of fortifications in Flanders. He painted cityscapes, folk festivals, battles, camp and march scenes, which contain extremely numerous, finely executed figures.
The Belvedere in Vienna owns a number of such images (the city of Ostend, field camp, ice skating in Brussels, nocturnal fire). He also etched 22 sheets from his pictures.
literature
- Joseph Eduard Wessely : Hoeck, Robert van . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 12, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1880, p. 549 f.
- Robert van den Hoecke . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 17 : Heubel – Hubard . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1924, p. 183 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hoecke, Robert van den |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch painter and etcher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 30, 1622 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Antwerp |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1688 |