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Ignatius van der Stock (''fl'' 1660-1661 in Brussels) was a Flemish
at the Netherlands Institute for Art History De Vadder died in 1655. It is not clear with whom van der Stock continued his training between the date of the death of his master and 1660, the year he was admitted as a master in the Brussels Guild of Saint Luke.Lodewijk de Vadder
at the Netherlands Institute for Art History Ignatius van der Stock is last recorded in 1665 when Adriaen Frans Boudewijns is registered as his pupil. It is believed that he died young as there are no later firm dates relating to him.
Ignatius van der Stock was a landscape artist who created paintings, prints and drawings of wooded landscapes. Most of his known landscapes seem to have taken inspiration from the Sonian Forest near Brussels.Stock, Ignatius van der
at the Prado He also often painted and drew the attractive village of Linkebeek close to Brussels.René Van Bastelaer, ''Ignace van der ou van den Stock'', in: Biographie Nationale, Volume 24, pp. 50–53, Brussels, 1868 Not many works are attributed to him with certainty. The largest collection of works by his hand are a set of seven landscapes with scenes from the life of Jesus in the St. Michael and St. Gudula Cathedral in Brussels. A number of his works are lost and are only known through the prints he made after them.
Ignatius van der Stock (''fl'' 1660-1661 in Brussels) was a Flemish landscape
A landscape is the visible features of an area of land, its landforms, and how they integrate with natural or man-made features, often considered in terms of their aesthetic appeal.''New Oxford American Dictionary''. A landscape includes the ...
painter, draughtsman and etcher. He is known mainly for his landscapes of views of the Sonian Forest and other sites near Brussels.
Life
Very few details have been preserved about the life of Ignatius van der Stock. He is first recorded in 1653 when he became a pupil of the prominent landscape painter Lodewijk de Vadder in Brussels.Ignatius van der Stockat the Netherlands Institute for Art History De Vadder died in 1655. It is not clear with whom van der Stock continued his training between the date of the death of his master and 1660, the year he was admitted as a master in the Brussels Guild of Saint Luke.Lodewijk de Vadder
at the Netherlands Institute for Art History Ignatius van der Stock is last recorded in 1665 when Adriaen Frans Boudewijns is registered as his pupil. It is believed that he died young as there are no later firm dates relating to him.
Works
General
Ignatius van der Stock was a landscape artist who created paintings, prints and drawings of wooded landscapes. Most of his known landscapes seem to have taken inspiration from the Sonian Forest near Brussels.Stock, Ignatius van derat the Prado He also often painted and drew the attractive village of Linkebeek close to Brussels.René Van Bastelaer, ''Ignace van der ou van den Stock'', in: Biographie Nationale, Volume 24, pp. 50–53, Brussels, 1868 Not many works are attributed to him with certainty. The largest collection of works by his hand are a set of seven landscapes with scenes from the life of Jesus in the St. Michael and St. Gudula Cathedral in Brussels. A number of his works are lost and are only known through the prints he made after them.
Landscape paintings
His landscapes use compositional schemes and strong decorative effects that are similar to those used in the work ofJacques d'Arthois
Jacques d'Arthois (12 October 1613 (baptised) – May 1686) was a Flemish painter and tapestry designer who specialized in wooded landscapes with figures. He often depicted the woods around his native Brussels.Lucas Achtschellinck, another prominent Brussels landscape painter.
Prints
Van der Stock is also known for his prints, some after his own designs others after paintings of the Flemish painter and engraverJacques Fouquier
Jacques Fouquier, Jacques Fouquières or Jacob Focquier (c. 1590/91 – 1655)View of Linkebeek'', which is based on one of his paintings, but clearly is original in its depiction of the rural scene of two peasants walking on a shady hollow road.
Van der Stock painted in 1661 a large '' map of the Sonian Forest''. The map painted in oil paint is over 8 m² in size (280 cm high and 285 cm wide) and is kept in a well-preserved state in the Belgian State Archives. The map is quite detailed and offers historical information on the landscape and urbanisation in and round the Sonian Forest located near Brussels.The Charting of the Sonian Forest
/ref> The map was based on an engraving made by Lucas Vorsterman II after a map by the hand of Jacob van Werden, a map maker, draughtsman and archer of the guard of the Spanish king Philip IV of Spain. Van der Stock added in his map some further clarifications on churches and buildings.
Map of the Sonian Forest
Van der Stock painted in 1661 a large '' map of the Sonian Forest''. The map painted in oil paint is over 8 m² in size (280 cm high and 285 cm wide) and is kept in a well-preserved state in the Belgian State Archives. The map is quite detailed and offers historical information on the landscape and urbanisation in and round the Sonian Forest located near Brussels.
/ref> The map was based on an engraving made by Lucas Vorsterman II after a map by the hand of Jacob van Werden, a map maker, draughtsman and archer of the guard of the Spanish king Philip IV of Spain. Van der Stock added in his map some further clarifications on churches and buildings.
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Stock, Ignatius van der Flemish Baroque painters Flemish landscape painters Artists from Brussels Painters from Brussels Year of birth uncertain 1661 deaths