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Frederik van Valckenborch (1566, in
at the Netherlands Institute for Art History Fourteen known painters are recorded in the family history. Of these, Frederik's father
Frederik van Valckenborch (1566, in Antwerp
Antwerp (; nl, Antwerpen ; french: Anvers ; es, Amberes) is the largest city in Belgium by area at and the capital of Antwerp Province in the Flemish Region. With a population of 520,504,
– 1623, in Nuremberg) was a Flemish painter and draughtsman known for his imaginary landscapes with figures executed in a late Mannerist style. His drawings are more realistic and demonstrate an impulse towards topographical accuracy. He was active mainly in Germany.
Life
Van Valckenborch was born into a well-known family of artists.Frederik van Valckenborchat the Netherlands Institute for Art History Fourteen known painters are recorded in the family history. Of these, Frederik's father
Marten van Valckenborch
Marten van Valckenborch or Marten van Valckenborch the Elder (1535 in Leuven – 1612 in Frankfurt), was a Flemish Renaissance painter, mainly known for his landscapes and city scapes. He also made allegorical paintings and some portraits. A ...
(1535-1612), his brother Gillis van Valckenborch
Gillis van Valckenborch or Egidius van Valckenborch (Antwerp 1570 – Frankfurt am Main, end March or 1 April 1622)Lucas van Valckenborch achieved notable fame.Alexander Wied and Hans Devisscher. "Valckenborch, van." Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press. Web. 25 Feb. 2016 The van Valckenborch family was particularly known in the Spanish Netherlands for landscape painting.
Frederik van Valckenborch received his earliest training in Antwerp. It is believed that his first teacher was his father. He may, in addition, have trained with an Antwerp figure painter. Two of his drawings, ''The Deluge'' (1588) and ''Moses Drawing Water from the Rocks'' (1589), have figures that do not bear any resemblance to his father's works. It has been deduced from this fact that although Frederik learned landscape painting from his father, he was taught figure painting by another teacher, possibly Jacob de Backer.
Originally from 
It is believed Frederik and his brother Gillis travelled to Italy in 1590-1592, although there is no evidence for this trip other than a drawing of an Italian landscape by Gillis. Frederik returned to Frankfurt am Main, where he became a citizen on 24 February 1597. He may have married in 1597 since on 23 April 1598 twin sons, Frederik and Wilhelm, were baptized in Frankfurt. He had two more sons who became painters: Moritz (baptised on 17 Aug 1600) and Nicolaus (born around 1603). In the period 1598-1599 he travelled through Bavaria, Tyrol, Salzkammergut and Vienna.Frederik van Valckenborch op Franken-wiki
Frederik moved to Nuremberg in 1602. Here he received in 1607 a commission from Archduke Maximilian to make a copy of
His main influence, next to his father, was probably Gillis van Coninxloo (1544 - 1607). It is likely that during his presumed stay in Italy, he was influenced by his compatriots living in "Landscape with shipwreck"
at Museum Boymans van Beuningen
In his drawings van Valckenborck shows an interest in the realistic rendering of nature, something which is generally absent from his paintings. In his quest for topographical accuracy he created drawings with a clear and simple layout in contrast with his complex paintings.
Leuven
Leuven (, ) or Louvain (, , ; german: link=no, Löwen ) is the capital and largest city of the province of Flemish Brabant in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is located about east of Brussels. The municipality itself comprises the historic ...
, the van Valckenborchs, like many other families in the region who had become Calvinists
Calvinism (also called the Reformed Tradition, Reformed Protestantism, Reformed Christianity, or simply Reformed) is a major branch of Protestantism that follows the theological tradition and forms of Christian practice set down by John Ca ...
, moved from the Spanish-occupied Spanish Netherlands to the more liberal environment of Frankfurt am Main, which was a German imperial outpost.K. Goossens, ''Frederik van Valckenborch'' in the Nationaal Biografisch Woordenboek, p. 847-849 The van Valckenborchs thrived in their new home town, quickly establishing themselves as authorities in the arts. They had an important influence on the artistic developments in Frankfurt am Main.
It is believed Frederik and his brother Gillis travelled to Italy in 1590-1592, although there is no evidence for this trip other than a drawing of an Italian landscape by Gillis. Frederik returned to Frankfurt am Main, where he became a citizen on 24 February 1597. He may have married in 1597 since on 23 April 1598 twin sons, Frederik and Wilhelm, were baptized in Frankfurt. He had two more sons who became painters: Moritz (baptised on 17 Aug 1600) and Nicolaus (born around 1603). In the period 1598-1599 he travelled through Bavaria, Tyrol, Salzkammergut and Vienna.Frederik van Valckenborch op Franken-wikiFrederik moved to Nuremberg in 1602. Here he received in 1607 a commission from Archduke Maximilian to make a copy of
Albrecht Dürer
Albrecht Dürer (; ; hu, Ajtósi Adalbert; 21 May 1471 – 6 April 1528),Müller, Peter O. (1993) ''Substantiv-Derivation in Den Schriften Albrecht Dürers'', Walter de Gruyter. . sometimes spelled in English as Durer (without an umlaut) or Due ...
’s ''Assumption of the Virgin''. It took him six months to complete the commission in which he was assisted by the local painter Paul Juvenel. Valckenborch was regarded as an important Dürer scholar and owned a collection of works by Dürer. From 1610 to 1623 he was appointed to the Grand Council of the city of Nuremberg. Frederik received in 1612 a commission from the Nuremberg authorities to design an arch for the Triumphal Entry of Archduke Matthias.
Work
Like the rest of his family, Frederik van Valckenborch is mainly known for landscapes with figures. Only a small number of paintings signed or monogrammed by Frederik van Valkenborch are known. He worked in a late Mannerist idiom characterised by strong contrasts between light and dark and the use of animated forms that lend a dynamic, if somewhat haunting and even surrealist, quality to the whole.Hans Devisscher. "Frederik van Valckenborch" Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press. Web. 25 Feb. 2016
His main influence, next to his father, was probably Gillis van Coninxloo (1544 - 1607). It is likely that during his presumed stay in Italy, he was influenced by his compatriots living in Venice
Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 ...
such as Pauwels Franck
Pauwels Franck, known in Italy as Paolo Fiammingo and Paolo Franceschi (c. 1540–1596), was a Flemish painter, who, after training in Antwerp, was active in Venice for most of his life. He is mainly known for his landscapes with mythological, a ...
(1540-1596, called "Paolo Fiammingo") and Lodewijk Toeput (c. 1550 - c. 1605, called "Pozzoserrato").
In the composition ''Landscape with shipwreck'' (Museum Boymans van Beuningen) the influence of the Venetians such as Tintoretto is visible in the dramatic use of light contrasts. The dramatic use of light and the effect of lightning appear to be the main concerns of the artist.at Museum Boymans van Beuningen
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