Jan Boeckhorst, ca. (1604–1668)

• Was a German-born Flemish Baroque painter and draughtsman.
• He was a versatile artist who produced history paintings, genre scenes and portraits.
• Boeckhorst also worked as a designer of cartoons for tapestries.
• Jan Boeckhorst was born in Münster, Westphalia as the second oldest of twelve children.
• From 1626 to 1635 Boeckhorst worked on a commission paid for by the devout merchant Lodewijk De Roomer to complete 26 works for a chapel in the Falcon monastery in central Antwerp.
• Jan Boeckhorst became a master in the Antwerp Guild of Saint Luke in 1633–1634.
• He was a regular collaborator with Rubens in the mid 1630s.
• In 1639 Boeckhorst traveled to Italy where he resided in Rome.
• In Rome he likely joined the circle of Dutch and Flemish artists in Rome known as the Bentvueghels.
• Jan Boeckhorst died on 21 April 1668 in Antwerp where he was buried in the Saint James Church.
• His large collection was sold after his death in a sale which lasted six days and raised the considerable sum of 6,026 guilders.
• His collection included a complete set of early drawings of Rubens. 
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