Ignatius van der Stock

Ignatius van der Stock (fl 1660–1661 in Brussels) was a Flemish landscape painter, draughtsman and etcher. He is known mainly for his landscapes of views of the Sonian Forest and other sites near Brussels.

Life Very few details have been preserved about the life of Ignatius van der Stock. He is first recorded in 1653 when he became a pupil of the prominent landscape painter Lodewijk de Vadder in Brussels. De Vadder died in 1655. It is not clear with whom van der Stock continued his training between the date of the death of his master and 1660, the year he was admitted as a master in the Brussels Guild of Saint Luke.

Ignatius van der Stock is last recorded in 1665 when Adriaen Frans Boudewijns is registered as his pupil. It is believed that he died young as there are no later firm dates relating to him. He also often painted and drew the attractive village of Linkebeek close to Brussels.

Not many works are attributed to him with certainty. The largest collection of works by his hand are a set of seven landscapes with scenes from the life of Jesus in the Church of St. Michael and St. Gudula (now Brussels' cathedral). A number of his works are lost and are only known through the prints he made after them.

The map was based on an engraving made by Lucas Vorsterman II after a map by the hand of Jacob van Werden, a map maker, draughtsman and archer of the guard of the Spanish king Philip IV of Spain. Van der Stock added in his map some further clarifications on churches and buildings.