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Jacob Melchior van Herck or Jacobus Melchior van Herck (active in Antwerp 1691–1735) was a
at the Netherlands Institute for Art History
Volume 2, Antwerp, 1864, p. 554, on
at Dorotheum In the guild year 1694-1695 van Herck was registered as a master in the Antwerp Guild. In 1720 he became a deacon of the Guild, a position which he held for two years. He became a deacon again in 1734 and 1735. He is last mentioned in the records of the Guild in 1735. Cornelis Moniaert was registered as his apprentice in the guild year 1698-1699. It is not clear where or when he died but is must have been in or after 1735.
Jacob Melchior van Herck was a painter of flower and fruit still lifes. He regularly collaborated with figure painters in the creation of allegorical and mythological scenes, which incorporated important still life elements. His collaborators included François Liberti and possibly,
Flemish
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still life
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painter
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active in Antwerp. He is principally known for his flower and fruit still lifes. He collaborated with figure painters in the creation of allegorical and mythological scenes with an important still life element.Jacob Melchior van Herckat the Netherlands Institute for Art History
Life
Little is known about the life of Jacob Melchior van Herck. His birth place and birth date are unknown. He was registered in the guild year 1691-1692 at the AntwerpGuild of Saint 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 Evangelist Luke, the patron saint of artists, who was ide ...
as an apprentice of Gaspar Peeter Verbruggen the Younger
Gaspar Peeter Verbruggen or Gasparo Pedro Verbruggen (baptized on 11 April 1664 in Antwerp – buried on 14 March 1730 in Antwerp) was a Flemish still life painter who is principally known for his decorative still lifes with flowers and fruit. ...
, a leading still life painter in Antwerp. Gaspar Peeter Verbruggen the Younger was also his half-brother or possibly, his brother-in-law. Ph. Rombouts and Th. van Lerius, De liggeren en andere historische archieven der Antwerpsche sint LucasgildeVolume 2, Antwerp, 1864, p. 554, on
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Jacob Melchior van Herck, ''Flora, an Allegory of Spring''at Dorotheum In the guild year 1694-1695 van Herck was registered as a master in the Antwerp Guild. In 1720 he became a deacon of the Guild, a position which he held for two years. He became a deacon again in 1734 and 1735. He is last mentioned in the records of the Guild in 1735. Cornelis Moniaert was registered as his apprentice in the guild year 1698-1699. It is not clear where or when he died but is must have been in or after 1735.
Work
Jacob Melchior van Herck was a painter of flower and fruit still lifes. He regularly collaborated with figure painters in the creation of allegorical and mythological scenes, which incorporated important still life elements. His collaborators included François Liberti and possibly, Peter Ykens
Peter Ykens (1648 – 1695), was a Flemish painter mainly known for his history paintings and portraits. He regularly collaborated with specialist still painters and landscape artists for whose works he provided the staffage.< ...
. Several of these collaborations feature putti in an outdoor setting or allegorical figures. He also collaborated on portraits such as the ''Portrait of Maria Luisa of Savoy'' (At Christie's, 13 December 2002, London, Lot 262). The portrait was likely painted by François Liberti while van Herck took care of the still life elements.
The compositions and motifs of van Herck were closely related to the opulent flower still lifes of his master Gaspar Peeter Verbruggen the Younger. His work is also regularly mixed up with that of his master's father 
Gaspar Peeter Verbruggen the Elder
Gaspar Peeter Verbruggen the Elder (Antwerp, 1635 – Antwerp, 16 April 1681) was a Flemish painter of flowers and garland paintings.toegeschreven aan Jacob Melchior van Herck, ''Bloemstilleven''
at the Netherlands Institute for Art History
at the Netherlands Institute for Art History
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