BALEN, Hendrick van
Dutch Baroque Era Painter, ca.1575-1632
Hendrik van Balen (1575 - 1632) was a Flemish painter, who was born and died in Antwerp. Van Balen studied art while traveling in Italy. He was the teacher of 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.
ID: 4929 Wings of an Altarpiece dd c. 1620
Oil on panel, 270 x 85 cm (each)
O.-L. Vrouwekathedraal, Antwerp
