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Hendrik van Balen (1575 – 1632) was a Flemish Baroque painter. Hendrick Van Balen
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Van Balen was born and died in Antwerp. He was a pupil of Adam van Noort and studied art while traveling in Italy.[1] He was the teacher of his son Johannes (Jan van Balen), Anthony Van Dyck and Frans Snyders and was also a contemporary of many of the other famous Flemish artists, such as the Brueghels, Jan and Peter. In 1592 he became a master in the Antwerp Guild of Saint Luke.[2] References ^ Henrik van Balen biography in De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/ ", Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License |
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