Theodoor van Loon

Theodoor van Loon (* 1581 / 1582 in Erkelenz , † February 1649 in Maastricht ) was a Flemish painter of the Baroque .

Theodoor van Loon lived in Brussels, Leuven and most recently in Maastricht. He stayed in Italy twice, from 1602 to 1608 and from 1628 to 1629. He was a pupil of Caravaggio .

He worked with the painter and architect Wenzel Coebergher (1560–1634) for Albrecht VII of Habsburg and Isabella Clara Eugenia of Spain , infanta and governor of the Spanish Netherlands . He created works of art for churches in the Brussels region and was friends with the university scholar Erycius Puteanus from Leuven .

Works

Altarpiece in the basilica of Scherpenheuvel

The Adoration of the Shepherds , 1613, Brussels, Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium

Theodoor van Loon, Joannes Baptista Barbé: SS. Apostolorum et evangelistarum icones cum suis parergis , 1620
Erycius Puteanus, Theodoor van Loon, Cornelius Galle: Purpura Austriaca hierobasilica, sacram et regiam ... principis Ferdinandi, Hispaniarum infantis ... imaginem colore panegyrico repraesentans , Antverpiae: typis Joannis Cnobbari 1635

painting

Six large altarpieces with scenes from the life of Mary for the sanctuary of the Basilica of Our Lady in Scherpenheuvel (Dutch: Onze-Lieve-Vrouwe van Scherpenheuvel).

The painting Announcement in the Grimbergen Abbey Church of St. Servatius Basilica was destroyed in a fire on February 10, 1993.

In the Beguinage Church of Sint-Jan Baptist in Brussels the Adoration of the Three Wise Men , the Holy Trinity and Saint Catherine, are kneeling before the Holy Maid .

In the Roman church of Santa Maria dell'Anima there is the painting Anna teaches Maria in the Sankt Anna chapel .

literature

Thérèse Cornil: Théodore Van Loon et la peinture italienne. Extrait du Bulletin de l'Institut historique belge de Rome, Bruxelles / Rome 1936.
Didier Bodart: Une lettre inédite de Théodore van Loon, Bruxelles Palais des Académies 1973.
Bernadette Mary Huvane: Wenzel Coebergher, Theodor van Loon and the Pilgrimage Church at Scherpenheuvel, dissertation, Columbia University New York 1996.
Wim Hupperetz: Nieuwe Gegevens over de 17e-eeuwse Zuid-Nederlandse schilder Theodorus van Loon, in: De Maasgouw 116 (1997), pp. 137-144.
Sabine van Sprang: Theodoor van Loon. Pictor Ingenius, Royal Museums of Fine Arts Brussels 2012, ISBN 978-9461610263 .

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ The place of birth is mentioned in his will, according to Wim Hupperetz: Nieuwe Gegevens over de 17e-eeuwse Zuid-Nederlandse schilder Theodorus van Loon, in: De Maasgouw 116 (1997), 137–144
↑ His funeral took place on February 16, 1649

personal data
SURNAME	Loon, Theodoor van
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Loon, Theodorus van
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Flemish painter
DATE OF BIRTH	1581 or 1582
PLACE OF BIRTH	Erkelenz
DATE OF DEATH	buried February 16, 1649
Place of death	Maastricht

[1] The place of birth is mentioned in his will, according to Wim Hupperetz: Nieuwe Gegevens over de 17e-eeuwse Zuid-Nederlandse schilder Theodorus van Loon, in: De Maasgouw 116 (1997), 137–144

[2] His funeral took place on February 16, 1649