Jan van den Hoecke (1611 – 1651) 

• Was a Flemish painter, draughtsman and designer of wall tapestries.

• He was born in Antwerp.

• Son of the painter Gaspar van den Hoecke.

• He was one of the assistants in Rubens’ studio in the 1630s.

• Hoecke moved to Austria and entered the service of Emperor Ferdinand III in 1644.

• He was also working for Ferdinand’s brother, Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria.

• He was a court painter and the conservator of the art collection of the Archduke.

• The collection was one of the largest in Northern Europe, included about 1,400 paintings and other artworks.

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