Sebastiaen van Aken or Sebastiaen Aken (bapt. 31 March 1648 - 21 November 1722) was a Flemish historical painter.
Life
Aken was born in Mechelen and became a pupil of Lucas Franchoys, the younger. He later went to Rome, where he studied under Carlo Maratti, and visited Spain and Portugal. A painting by him of St. Norbert is in the village church of Duffel, near Mechlin. He died in his home city of Mechelen. [1]
Notes
- ^ ( Bryan 1886)
References
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
public domain:
Bryan, Michael (1886).
"Aken, Sebastiaen va". In Graves, Robert Edmund (ed.). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (A–K). Vol. I (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.
External links
- Sebastiaen Aken at the RKD database.
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