Jan van den Hoecke

Variant namesauktoriserad namnform: Jan van den Hoecke

DatesBiographical dates: 1611 - 1651 Dead: dead 1651 Born: born 1611

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BiographyBiography: Jan van den Joecke was a history and portrait painter, a pupil of his father Gaspar van den Hoecke and of Rubens. After having worked with Rubens and other painters on the Pompa Introitus Ferdinandi in 1635 he left for Italy in 1636. He stayed in Rome between 1638 and 1644, where he worked for the Pope and several cardinals. He also visited Venice and then went to Vienna to work for the emperors. In 1647 he accompanied the Archduke Leopold William as his court painter to Brussels where he also served as director of the Archduke’s painting collection. He thereafter settled in Antwerp, where he became a member of the Society of Romanists. Initially Van den Hoecke painted in Rubens’ late style but his late work displays a strong classicist trend.

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