Hendrick Danckerts (c.1625 - 1680) was a

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and engraver, mostly of houses in their landscape settings. After some years in Italy, he spent most of his career in London, working for Charles II and his brother.

Biography

The Old Palace of Whitehall by Hendrik Danckerts

Danckerts was born in

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, where he learned his trade and remained until 1653.Hendrick Danckerts
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He visited

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for the first time in 1650. In 1653 he went to Italy, where he stayed for five years. He then moved to England where he entered the service of Charles II and the

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.) He painted Italianate landscapes, especially views of harbours and royal residences. He also produced portraits and devotional pictures and made engravings after the Italian

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s in the

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. He left England in 1679 due to the public hostility towards Roman Catholics after the

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controversy. He died soon after in

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, and was buried on 2 November 1680. He was also known as the "Master with the two Anchors" and was the younger brother of the painter

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