The Banquet of Achelous

mythological

In 1606, Hendrik de Clerck became painter to the archducal court in Brussels. The painter until then had almost exclusively produced monumental altarpieces and other devotional pictures, now also started to devote himself to painting cabinet pieces. he specialized in small biblical scenes, and in particular mythological and allegorical representations for the landscapes of hie fellow townsmen Jan Brueghel the Elder and Denijs van Alsloot.

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About the Artist

Hendrik de Clerck

1570 – 1630

Clerck was a Flemish painter. He spent the greater part of his successful career in Brussels. He was the pupil of Marten de Vos and carried the Mannerist tradition far into the 17th century. In 1606 he was appointed Court Painter to Archduke Albert. He was primarily a painter of altarpieces and a characteristic example of his style is the Family of the Virgin (Musées Royaux, Brussels. 1590), with its Italianate figures clad in restless draperies and placed in a coldly classical building.

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