Matthias Jansz van den Bergh
Matthias Jansz. van den Bergh (1618 in Ypres – 1687 in Alkmaar), was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
According to Houbraken, his father Jan van den Bergh was a painter from Alkmaar in the service of Rubens in Ypres, where Matthias was born.[1] Houbraken claimed Jan van den Berg had been a pupil of Hendrick Goltzius before moving to Brabant and later working for Rubens.[1] Young Matthias learned to paint from his father and went to work in Rubens' workshop.[1]
According to the RKD he was in Rubens' workshop from 1630–1640 and in 1635 was either his pupil or was otherwise employed in his workshop.[2] In 1646 he became a member of the Alkmaar Guild of St. Luke.[2] He lived in Leiden from 1648–1651, and was back in Alkmaar from then onwards, where he is recorded in 1656 as living in the Lombardsteeg.[2] He painted portraits, soldiers, and historical allegories, and is not to be confused with the contemporary Delft painter Mattheus Gillisz van den Berch (c1608-1687).[2]
References
- (in Dutch) Mathys vanden Berg Biography in De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature
- Matthias Jansz. van den Bergh in the RKD
- P. Vanaise, Een herziening van de biografie van de Alkmaarse schilders Jan en Matthijs van den Bergh, in Oud Holland, 80, 1965 pp 231–237
- Matthijs van den Bergh on Artnet
