Hendrik van der Borcht the elder

Hendrik van der Borcht by Wenceslaus Hollar in Het Gulden Cabinet

Hendrik van der Borcht the Elder or Hendrick van der Borcht the Elder (1583 - 26 July 1651[1]) was a Flemish-German engraver and painter of portraits, still lifes of antiquities, flowers and fruit and landscapes. He was also an eminent antiquarian. He was mainly active in Germany to which his family had emigrated for religious reasons.[2]

  1. ^ Borcht, Hendrik (I) van der at the Netherlands Institute for Art History (in Dutch)
  2. ^ Hendrick van der Borcht d.Ä.(I) at site of Frankenthal