Sebastiaen van Aken or Sebastiaen Aken (bapt. 31 March 1648 – 21 November 1722) was a

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historical painter.

Life

Aken was born in

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and became a pupil of Lucas Franchoys, the younger. He later went to Rome, where he studied under

Carlo Maratti Carlo Maratta or Maratti (18 May 162515 December 1713) was an Italian Baroque painter and draughtsman, active principallly in Rome where he was the leading painter in the second half of the 17th century. He was a fresco and canvas painter who pa ...

, and visited Spain and Portugal. A painting by him of St. Norbert is in the village church of

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, near Mechlin. He died in his home city of Mechelen.

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External links

Sebastiaen Aken
at the

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