Werner van den Valckert

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Werner van den Valckert
Man With a Ring, possibly Bartolomeus Jansz van Assendelft, 1617.
Born
Werner van den Valckert

1585
Died1635 (aged 49–50)
NationalityDutch
Known forPainting
MovementBaroque

Werner van den Valckert (ca. 1585 - after 1635[1]) was a Dutch Golden Age painter and engraver.

Biography[edit]

A fool up a sleeve.

Though he was born in Amsterdam, he became a member of the Guild of St. Luke in the Hague between 1600 - 1605.[1] By 1614 he had moved to Amsterdam, because his daughter was baptized there. His earliest dated etchings are from 1612. His surviving paintings are historical allegories and portraits. He also made a prestigious schuttersstuk, which features the Amsterdam burgermeester Albert Burgh.

According to Houbraken, he was a student of Hendrik Goltzius.[2] He painted a series of 4 paintings showing a doctor as angel, Christ, a man, and the devil; these were all based on engravings by Goltzius. These paintings are now in the possession of the Boerhaave Museum, which has other similar series on display. He also made a series of 4 paintings about relief for the poor, now in the possession of the Amsterdam Historical Museum.[1]

According to the RKD, his pupil was Andries Jeremias.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d Werner van den Valckert in the RKD
  2. ^ Warnard van den Valkert biography in De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature