Magdalena van den Hecken

Magdalena van den Hecken (1615 – after 1635) was a Dutch Golden Age flower painter from the Northern Netherlands.

Magdalena van den Hecken
Born1615
Diedafter 1635
NationalityDutch Republic
Known forPainting
MovementDutch Golden Age

Biography

Van den Hecken was born in Antwerp as the daughter of the painter Samuel van den Hecken and moved with her family to Amsterdam.[1] Her brother Abraham specialized in figure painting while she specialized in flowers, which were in the medium of oil paint[1]. Her work is in the Fitzwilliam Museum.

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