Sebastiaen van Aken
Sebastiaen van Aken or Sebastiaen Aken (bapt. 31 March 1648 - 21 November 1722) was a Flemish historical painter.
Life
Aken was born in Mechelen and became a pupil of Lucas Franchoys, the younger. He later went to Rome, where he studied under Carlo Maratti, and visited Spain and Portugal. A painting by him of St. Norbert is in the village church of Duffel, near Mechlin. He died in his home city of Mechelen.[1]
Notes
- ↑ Bryan 1886–9
References
This article incorporates text from the article "AKEN, Sebastiaen va" in Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers by Michael Bryan, edited by Robert Edmund Graves and Sir Walter Armstrong, an 1886–1889 publication now in the public domain.
External links
- Sebastiaen Aken at the RKD database.
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