Tobias Verhaecht was a painter

Painting

Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...

 and draughtsman

Drawing

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 active in Antwerp, Florence

Florence

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 and Rome

Rome

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. Primarily a landscape painter, his style is indebted to mannerist

Mannerism

Mannerism is a period of European art that emerged from the later years of the Italian High Renaissance around 1520. It lasted until about 1580 in Italy, when a more Baroque style began to replace it, but Northern Mannerism continued into the early 17th century throughout much of Europe...

 world landscapes of artists like Joachim Patinir

Joachim Patinir

Joachim Patinir, also called de Patiner , was a Flemish Northern Renaissance history and landscape painter from the area of modern Wallonia...

 with high viewpoints, fantastic distant perspectives and three-colour scheme. Before Verhaecht entered Antwerp's guild of St. Luke in 1590–91, he had already spent time in Italy, first in Florence, and then as a fresco

Fresco

Fresco is any of several related mural painting types, executed on plaster on walls or ceilings. The word fresco comes from the Greek word affresca which derives from the Latin word for "fresh". Frescoes first developed in the ancient world and continued to be popular through the Renaissance...

 painter in Rome. Peter Paul Rubens, who was a relative by marriage, studied with him around 1592, and another student was his own son, Willem van Haecht

Willem van Haecht

Willem van Haecht was a Flemish Baroque painter best known for his gallery pictures and the son of the landscape painter Tobias Verhaecht. He studied under Peter Paul Rubens, worked in Paris from 1615 to 1619, and then travelled to Italy for about seven years. Van Haecht became a master in...

. Verhaecht is also known for his designs for prints.

Sources

• Devisscher, Hans. "Verhaecht [van Haecht; Verhaegt], Tobias," Grove Art Online. Oxford University Press
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• Vlieghe, Hans (1998). Flemish Art and Architecture, 1585-1700. Pelican history of art. New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-07038-1