Ryckaert family
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The Ryckaert or Rijckaert family of Antwerp produced several Flemish painters during the late sixteenth and the seventeenth centuries.
- David Ryckaert I, 1560 – 1607. Little is known of his career. Two of his sons by his wife Catherine Rem were professional painters.
- David Ryckaert II, 1586 – 1642; eldest son of David I. One of the students of David II, Gonzales Coques, married his teacher's daughter Catherine Ryckaert in 1643.
- Martin RyckaertMartin RyckaertMartin Ryckaert, also Maerten or Marten Rijkaert was a Flemish Baroque painter. A member of the Ryckaert family of artists, Martin was the son of David Ryckaert I, the younger brother of David Ryckaert II, and the uncle of David Ryckaert III.-Biography:Born and raised in Antwerp, Martin was a...
, 1587 – 1631; second son of David I. Anthony Van DyckAnthony van DyckSir Anthony van Dyck was a Flemish Baroque artist who became the leading court painter in England. He is most famous for his portraits of Charles I of England and his family and court, painted with a relaxed elegance that was to be the dominant influence on English portrait-painting for the next...
painted portraits of both brothers, David II and Martin.
- David Ryckaert IIIDavid Ryckaert IIIDavid Ryckaert III, sometimes called The Younger was a Flemish painter.-Biography:...
, 1612 – 1661; son of David II, grandson of David I, nephew of Martin. David III is generally considered the most prominent and artistically significant of the family's artists.