Christian van den Queborn (1515,

Antwerp Antwerp (; nl, Antwerpen ; french: Anvers ; es, Amberes) is the largest city in Belgium by area at and the capital of Antwerp Province in the Flemish Region. With a population of 520,504,

– 1578,

Antwerp Antwerp (; nl, Antwerpen ; french: Anvers ; es, Amberes) is the largest city in Belgium by area at and the capital of Antwerp Province in the Flemish Region. With a population of 520,504,

), was a Flemish Renaissance painter.

Biography

According to the RKD he became master of the Antwerp

Guild of St. Luke The Guild of Saint Luke was the most common name for a city guild for painters and other artists in early modern Europe, especially in the Low Countries. They were named in honor of the Four Evangelists, Evangelist Saint Luke, Luke, the patron sa ...

in 1545.Christian van den Queborn
in the RKD He was the father of the portrait painter

Daniël van den Queborn Daniël van den Queborn (1552–1618) was a Dutch Golden Age painter. Biography Van den Queborn was born in Antwerp. According to the RKD he became a member of the Antwerp Guild of St. Luke in 1577, but left the city and joined the guild in ...

, and grandfather of the painters Crispijn van den Queborn (1604-1652) and Louis van den Queborn (died 1658). His portrait was engraved by

Simon Frisius Simon de Vries or Simon Frisius (1570–75 in Harlingen – 1628–29 in The Hague),Simon Frisius
in the

for Hendrik Hondius I's ''Pictorum aliquot celebrium praecipue Germaniae inferioris Effigies''.

References

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