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where he worked mainly as a glass painter on commissions for Duke Cosimo I de Medici and his court. The
Flemish priest Adriaan de Witte who was chaplain of the guard of the Duke played a role in calling van den Broeck to the Ducal court. He principally worked on glass paintings. He was commissioned to paint four glass windows in the Sala degli Elementi (Room of the Elements} in the
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him for his work. Van den Broeck's employment at the court was in peril when the court investigated the matter of the missing glass. Adriaan de Witte helped him sort out the matter with the court. Witnessed the
Ragionamenti of Vasari, Adrian's plan was subsequently also implemented. Hendrick may have been accompanied in Florence and Rome by his brother Willem.
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profession - was registered for five years, the last time in 1580. This does not necessarily contradicted by the fact that
Hendrick received a commission for frescoes in Rome in 1579 and was also registered in the Brotherhood of the Flemish community there in December of that year. The next year he was admitted to the
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Florence. Adriaan de Witte provided the iconographic program of the glass windows, which included allegories of Envy, Justice and Victory, with mottoes in Latin. The program was approved by the duke. The windows themselves were lost on an unknown date. Van den Broeck subsequently worked on glass
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There are gaps in the surviving records on his activities, especially in the period 1575 to 1579. Possibly he was working in
Florence during this period. In the cash books of the Brotherhood of Saint Barbara (Compagnia di Santa Barbara) in Florence an Arrigo fiamingo - without specifying surname or
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While employed by the Ducal court the young
Hendrick was involved in an incident. He was provided with a supply of precious glass by the court. He had used part of the glass for other purposes without official permission. He had been forced to do so out of necessity as the court was slow in paying
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Hendrick van den Broeck was a prolific and multi-faceted artist who practised as a painter, fresco painter, glass painter and sculptor. He may have been forced by economic reasons to try his hand at various techniques. These financial difficulties likely also explain his frequent moves from one
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He was recorded in 1578 in
Perugia where he obtained citizenship on 24 September 1579. During the period from 1580 to 1597 he made frescoes in the Cappella Sisitina in Santa Maria Maggiore (1587) and in the Vatican Library (1589). He was in 1588 in where he worked with his collaborator Johannes
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Around 1557 van den
Broecke moved to Italy. Here he would remain for the remainder of his life working in many different cities. It has been speculated that his frequent moves from one city to the other were motivated by his financial difficulties. In the years 1557 and 1558 he was in Florence
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Hendrick van den Broeck, of whom it is not known whether he was an artist. His family also used the latinized name 'Paludanus'. The latinized name is based on the Latin translation ('palus') of the Dutch word 'broeck' which is part of the family and means a marsh or swamp land. His
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Name variations: Arrigo dei Paesi Bassi, Arrigo
Fiammingo, Hennequin de Meecle Broeck, Henricus Paludanus, Hendrick van de Broeck, Hendrick v. d. Broeck, Nicolas Hendrick Broeck, Henricus van Mechelen, Arrigo Paludano, Henricus Malinus; He is not to be confused with
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disagreed with Vasari's view and admired this work. In 1565 he returned to Perugia where he was commissioned by Francesco Bossi, the Papal Governor in 1564-5, to restore frescos in the Chapel or Capella dei Priori in the
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painters active in Antwerp. The Romanists were Netherlandish artists who had trained in Italy and upon their return painted in a style that assimilated these Italian influences into the Northern painting tradition.
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In Florence, he had the greatest trouble keeping his income and expenses in balance and providing for himself. He left for Rome where he worked for a few years. In 1561 he entered into a contract with the Opera of
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in the Sistine Chapel (1571-1572) is regarded by many as a lucky stroke for the artist as it gave him the opportunity to paint one of the most important scenes in the program of decorations of the Sistine Chapel.
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J. Duverger and M.J. Onghena, 'Enkele nieuwe gegevens betreffende beeldhouwer W. van den Broecke alias Paludanus (1530-1580', Gentsche bijdragen tot de kunstgeschiedenis 8 (1942), pp. 173–204
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paint the frescoes of one of the chapels while he would paint the altarpiece in Rome, where he was then residing. In the end Circignani also painted the altarpiece onsite.
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to provide decoration of the new altars in the nave. In 1565, he finally ruled out the possibility of creating the works himself on site. He suggested that his associate
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