The history and artistic development of the painter Lucas van Valckenborch is closely linked to the failure of the revolt of the Calvinist Dutch against Spanish rule, for in 1566 Valckenborch left the Flemish town of Mechelen, also to escape the threat of confiscation. Based on his changes of location from Aachen, to Antwerp via Linz on the Danube and Frankfurt on the Main, it can be seen that he often had to relocate his workshops under the pressure of political events. He was drawn to Linz because Archduke Matthias, the younger brother of Emperor Rudolf II, called him into his service in 1579. Valckenborch was considered the most important artist in his service at that time. Thus it is always worthwhile to visit the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, where many of his works can be found. But even in Linz he did not stay long, he followed his brother to Frankfurt. There he then ran a large and productive workshop business until his death.
Valckenborch lived in the 16th century in a turbulent time full of unrest and political turmoil. But if you now expect the painter to reflect the political events in his paintings, you are mistaken. For political art, even statements on politics, did not exist at that time. Valckenborch rather translated his time into quite typical ideal representations, which is characterized by a very detailed painting style in the succession of the great Pieter Brueghel the Elder. His landscapes, as so-called world landscapes, are characterized by a high level of detail. Small figures populate the vast sceneries and blend harmoniously into them. One-sided views become more and more exciting over the years through diagonal compositions with several spatial aisles. The fantastic winter landscapes have always particularly impressed viewers. Today, one would say Wimmelbilder to this, because the numerous small scenes of people standing together in groups or moving on the ice make us as viewers read these pictures like picture stories.
Valckenborch is a master of his craft. Sometimes concrete localities can be identified in his landscapes. Increasingly, he also devoted himself to rock and mountain landscapes, which met the taste of the public of the time as well as the snow landscapes. There we often find profane motifs, quite mundane motifs from mining and ore smelting. Valckenborch is here a chronicler of his time, even if many motifs are mythologically idealized. But forest scenes with vistas, fairs and peasant festivals show us a picture of rural life in the 16th century. A very special motif is the theme of the Tower of Babel, which Valckenborch took over from Pieter Brueghel the Elder. He repeated the Babel theme a total of four times between 1568 and 1595. Here he put all his mastery once again into the world of details. The tower as a perfect ideal image, but also a symbol of hubris, with the dozens and dozens of realistic details shows his ability for accurate observation and pleasure in everyday human activities.
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.jpg "View of Antwerp with Frozen Scheldt by Lucas van Valckenborch")
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.jpg "Mountainous Landscape with the Road to Emmaus, 1597 by Lucas van Valckenborch")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1656222).jpg "Emperor Rudolf II")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-972250).jpg "Emperor Rudolf II at a Drinking Cure (c.1593) by Lucas van Valckenborch")
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.jpg "Mountain Landscape with Robbers and Blast Furnace, around 1558 by Lucas van Valckenborch")
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_pendant_une_cure_de_b_-_(MeisterDrucke-995066).jpg "Emperor Rudolf II during a drinking cure by Lucas van Valckenborch")
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.jpg "Study of a Costume, 16th Century by Lucas van Valckenborch")
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.jpg "Landscape with a Foundry by Lucas van Valckenborch")
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_(oil_on_canvas)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1656224).jpg "Winter (February) by Lucas van Valckenborch")
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.jpg "The Tower of Babel by Lucas van Valckenborch")
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.jpg "Mountain Landscape with a Surprise Attack, c.1585 by Lucas van Valckenborch")
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.jpg "Summer Landscape: Harvesters Resting and Eating by Lucas van Valckenborch")
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.jpg "Double Portrait of an Elderly Couple by Lucas van Valckenborch")
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.jpg "Fruit Market by Lucas van Valckenborch")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1440668).jpg "Huy, Seen from Ahin by Lucas van Valckenborch")
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_oil_on_wood_Flem_-_(MeisterDrucke-1026134).jpg "Babel Tower by Lucas van Valckenborch")
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.jpg "Winter Landscape with Snowfall near Antwerp by Lucas van Valckenborch")
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.jpg "Spring. Background by Lucas van Valckenborch")
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.jpg "Midas Feast in Honour of Bacchus and Silenus by Lucas van Valckenborch")
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.jpg "Landscape on the Maas River with Iron-Ore Mine and Smelting Furnace, Perhaps Beaufort Castle by Lucas van Valckenborch")
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.jpg "The Tower of Babel by Lucas van Valckenborch")
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.jpg "The Tower of Babel, 1595 by Lucas van Valckenborch")
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.jpg "Winter Landscape with Snowfall near Antwerp by Lucas van Valckenborch")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1637192).jpg "The Kitchen Maid, c.1600 by Lucas van Valckenborch")
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.jpg "Autumn Landscape by Lucas van Valckenborch")
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.jpg "Spring. The Picnic by Lucas van Valckenborch")
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.jpg "The Tower of Babel by Lucas van Valckenborch")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1656132).jpg "Emperor Rudolf II during a Drinking Cure by Lucas van Valckenborch")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1656242).jpg "Fisher at the Pond in the Wood by Lucas van Valckenborch")
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.jpg "Spring Landscape by Lucas van Valckenborch")
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.jpg "The Harvest by Lucas van Valckenborch")
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.jpg "Vegetable Market by Lucas van Valckenborch")
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.jpg "The Tower of Babel by Lucas van Valckenborch")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1656001).jpg "Emperor Rudolf II Takes a Walk, c.1593 by Lucas van Valckenborch")
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.jpg "Winter Landscape near Antwerp with Snowfall by Lucas van Valckenborch")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1655953).jpg "Archduke Matthias in a Blue Robe by Lucas van Valckenborch")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1584237).jpg "Landscape with Ironworks by Lucas van Valckenborch")
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.jpg "Spring. River Scene by Lucas van Valckenborch")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1655863).jpg "Emperor Matthias as Publius Cornelius Scipio by Lucas van Valckenborch")
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.jpg "Summer Landscape by Lucas van Valckenborch")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1584972).jpg "The Royal Palace in Brussels by Lucas van Valckenborch")
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.jpg "An Allegory of Summer by Lucas van Valckenborch")
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.jpg "The Parable of the Shabat - The Month of August from a Series of the Months by Lucas van Valckenborch")
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.jpg "Winter Landscape – February by Lucas van Valckenborch")
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.jpg "Archduke Matthias of Austria by Lucas van Valckenborch")
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.jpg "Extensive Landscape with Plundering Soldiers by Lucas van Valckenborch")
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.jpg "Allegory of Summer by Lucas van Valckenborch")
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_detail_(oil_on_canvas)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1656160).jpg "Winter (February) (detail) by Lucas van Valckenborch")
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.jpg "Winter. A Village Under the Snow by Lucas van Valckenborch")
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.jpg "Landscape with a Rural Festival by Lucas van Valckenborch")
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.jpg "The Crucifixion by Lucas van Valckenborch")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1232680).jpg "Peasants Making Merry (Kermis) by Lucas van Valckenborch")
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.jpg "The Country Feast (detail), 1576 by Lucas van Valckenborch")
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.jpg "Landscape with Jerusalem, Christ Carrying the Cross and Preparations on the Hill of Calvary by Lucas van Valckenborch")
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.jpg "Summer by Lucas van Valckenborch")
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.jpg "Mountainous Landscape by Lucas van Valckenborch")
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.jpg "View from Pöstlingberg to the City of Linz with a Peasant Woman and a Wanderer on a Path in the Foreground by Lucas van Valckenborch")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1655925).jpg "Mountain Landscape with Blast Furnace by Lucas van Valckenborch")
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_1594_Sun_041_x_0_-_(MeisterDrucke-961342).jpg "The Tower of Babel by Lucas van Valckenborch")
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.jpg "Autumn Landscape by Lucas van Valckenborch")
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.jpg "Autumn by Lucas van Valckenborch")
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_Peintur_-_(MeisterDrucke-1320191).jpg "Landscape with a Country Celebration by Lucas van Valckenborch")
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.jpg "The Tower of Babel by Lucas van Valckenborch")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1658719).jpg "Spring (May) by Lucas van Valckenborch")
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.jpg "Peasant Wedding. The Wedding Dance in the Open Air by Lucas van Valckenborch")
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.jpg "Mountainous landscape by Lucas van Valckenborch")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1584498).jpg "Spring. The Picnic by Lucas van Valckenborch")
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.jpg "Winter Landscape by Lucas van Valckenborch")
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.jpg "Autumn by Lucas van Valckenborch")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1440853).jpg "The Kitchen Maid by Lucas van Valckenborch")
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.jpg "Archduke Matthias with his Retinue by Lucas van Valckenborch")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1512675).jpg "The Tower of Babel by Lucas van Valckenborch")
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