Lucas Vorsterman II, Lucas Vorsterman the Younger or Lucas Vorsterman Junior (1624 – between 1666 and 1676) was a Flemish
Baroque
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engraver and draughtsman. He produced engravings after the work of the leading painters of the next generation and for the various book projects of the Antwerp publishers.
[Lucas Vorsterman II]
at the Netherlands Institute for Art History
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[Hella Robels. "Vorsterman II" Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press. Web. 23 December 2015]
Life
Lucas Vorsterman the Younger was born in
Antwerp
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. He was the son of
Lucas Vorsterman I who worked as an engraver with leading Flemish artists
Peter Paul Rubens
Sir Peter Paul Rubens ( ; ; 28 June 1577 – 30 May 1640) was a Flemish painting, Flemish artist and diplomat. He is considered the most influential artist of the Flemish Baroque painting, Flemish Baroque tradition. Rubens' highly charged comp ...
and
Anthony van Dyck
Sir Anthony van Dyck (; ; 22 March 1599 – 9 December 1641) was a Flemish Baroque painting, Flemish Baroque artist who became the leading court painter in England after success in the Spanish Netherlands and Italy.
The seventh child of ...
. He trained under his father and became a master of the Antwerp
Guild of Saint Luke
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in 1651/2.
He is believed to have died in Antwerp between 1666 and 1676.
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Work
Lucas Vorsterman the Younger made many engravings after Rubens, van Dyck, and Cornelius Schut
Cornelis Schut (13 May 1597 – 29 April 1655) was a Flemish painter, draughtsman, engraver and tapestry designer who specialized in religious and mythological scenes. Presumed to have trained under Rubens, he treated Counter-Reformation ...
.[ He worked on various publication projects of Antwerp publishers.
He worked with ]Gaspar Bouttats
Gaspar Bouttats the Elder or Gaspard Bouttats the ElderName variations: Caspar Bouttats, Gasper Bouttats, Gaspard-Martin Bouttats and Jasper Bottats (c. 1640 – 1695–96) was a Southern Netherlands, Flemish printmaker and engraver of the Baroqu ...
on engravings after drawings by Jan Peeters I
Jan Peeters the Elder or Johannes Peeters (24 April 1624 – 1677) was a Flemish Flemish Baroque painter, Baroque painter and draughtsman. He is known for his seascapes often depicting stormy seas and shipwrecks as well as for his topographic ...
for the publication by Jacob Peeters in Antwerp of several sets of prints issued under the title This was a series of maps and views of locations in Southern Europe, Northern Africa and the Middle East.
Lucas Vorsterman the Younger also made many reproductive engravings for David Teniers the Younger
David Teniers the Younger or David Teniers II (bapt. 15 December 1610 – 25 April 1690) was a Flemish Baroque painter, printmaker, draughtsman, miniaturist painter, staffage painter, copyist and art curator. He was an extremely versatile artist ...
’s illustrated catalogue of the Italian pictures in the collection of Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria
Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria (5 January 1614 – 20 November 1662), younger brother of Emperor Ferdinand III, was an Austrian soldier, administrator and patron of the arts.
He held a number of military commands, with limited success, a ...
. The publication entitled '' Theatrum pictorium'' was published in Antwerp in 1658.[
The ]Scottish National Gallery
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in Edinburgh
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holds a drawing by his hand.View of Huldenburgh Castle by Lucas Vorsterman II
at the Scottish National Gallery
The works of Lucas Vorsterman II are regarded as lacking skilled draughtsmanship and to be mechanical in their execution.[
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References
External links
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Engravings by Lucas Vorsterman
at the British Museum
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website
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1624 births
17th-century Flemish engravers
17th-century Flemish painters
Painters from Antwerp
Year of death unknown