Hendrick van Balen (1575 - 1632)
Flemish Baroque painter and stained glass designer
Overview | Works (19)
Hendrick van Balen entered the St. Luke's Guild in Antwerp in 1592. Sometime before 1602 he apparently made a trip to Italy, where he probably met the German painter Hans Rottenhammer. Back in Antwerp, he married in 1605 and became a respected artist. He owned a large house and served as dean of the guild in 1609-10. Around 1613 he traveled on a diplomatic mission to the northern Netherlands in the company of Rubens and Jan Brueghel the Elder. Van Balen's studio was one of the largest in Antwerp, and among his many pupils were Anthony van Dyck and Frans Snyders. Van Balen frequently worked together with Jan Brueghel the Elder.
Books on Hendrick van Balen
| Bettina Werche Hendrick van Balen, 1575-1632, ein Antwerpener Kabinettbildmaler der Rubenszeit Turnhout, Belgium, 2004 |
Catalogues
| Jan Nicolaisen Niederländische Malerei, 1430-1800, Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig Leipzig, 2012 |
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| Pieter J.J. van Thiel, C.J. de Bruyn Kops, Jola Cleveringa, Wouter Kloek, Annemarie Vels Heijn All the paintings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, A completely illustrated catalogue Amsterdam; Maarssen, 1976 |
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Articles on Hendrick van Balen
| Ingrid Jost, Hendrick van Balen d.Ä., in J. Bruyn, H.L.C. Jaffé, E.F. van der Grinten, S.H. Levie (eds.), Nederlands Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek 14, Bussum, 1963, pp 83-128 |
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Exhibitions:
Exhibitions with works by Hendrick van Balen:
| 2016 | Van Eyck, Brueghel, Jordaens. Masterpieces from Romania | |
| 2006 | Rubens and Brueghel: A Working Friendship | |
| 2002 | Das Flämische Stilleben | |
| 1999 | Still-Life Paintings from the Netherlands 1550-1720 | |
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