Jan van den Hecke I

Painter and etcher. Born in Kwaremont near Oudenaarde, Flanders; died Antwerp 1684. 1637 pupil of Abraham Hack; from 1642 Master; 1644 in Antwerp; 1644-1659 in Italy; 1659 returned to Antwerp; 1660 married Maria Adriana Heyens; 1661 birth of his son Jan van den Hecke II. Etchings: mainly animals, around 1656. Also made paintings of still lifes, flowers, landscapes