Jan Boeckhorst

Jan Boeckhorst
Portrait of Jan Boeckhorst by Abraham van Diepenbeeck after van Dyck
Born
Johann Bockhorst

circa 1604
Died21 April 1668(1668-04-21) (aged 64)
NationalityGerman
Known forPainting
MovementBaroque

Jan Boeckhorst or Johann Bockhorst[1] (Münster, c. 1604 – Antwerp, 21 April 1668) was a German-born Flemish Baroque painter and draughtsman who worked most of his career in Antwerp. He was a versatile artist who produced history paintings, genre scenes and portraits in a style influenced by the trio of leading Antwerp painters Peter Paul Rubens, Anthony van Dyck and Jacob Jordaens. Boeckhorst also worked as a designer of cartoons for tapestries.[2]

  1. ^ Alternative names: Johan Boekhorst, Johan Boeckhorst, Johann Boeckhorst, Boichorst, Bronckhorst, van Boeckhorst, nicknames: Lange Jan, Langen Jan, Langhiano and Langian as well as Doctor Faustus
  2. ^ Jan Boeckhorst at the Netherlands Institute for Art History (in Dutch)