Robert van den Hoecke (1622–1668)

• Was a Flemish painter, engraver and architect.
• Robert van den Hoecke was born in Antwerp.
• He was the son of the painter Gaspar van den Hoecke and Margaretha Misson.

• He was the half-brother of Jan van den Hoecke who became a prominent painter with an international career.

• Robert was likely a pupil of his father.
• He was admitted as a master in the Antwerp Guild of St. Luke in 1644–45 in his capacity as a son of a master.
• Van den Hoecke married Isabella Rosiers.
• After training and starting his career in Antwerp, the artist moved to Brussels where he entered into the service of Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria, the governor of the Habsburg Netherlands.
• He lived from 1661 until his death in 1668 in Bergues-Saint-Winoc.
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