Matthias Jansz van den Bergh
Dutch Golden Age painter
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Matthias Jansz. van den Bergh (1618–1687) 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 to 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 until 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]
