Background
Matthieu van Plattenberg was born in Antwerp in 1607 or 1608.
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Matthieu Plattenberg
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In Paris, he studied under the Flemish émigré painter Jacques Fouquier who was a well-established landscape painter and printmaker.
Career
He spent most of his career abroad, first in Italy and then in France where he played an important role in the development of the painting of stormy seascapes. He was likely a pupil of the marine painter Andries van Eertvelt in Antwerp. He travelled together with van Eertvelt to Italy, where he worked in Florence.
From around 1630 he worked in Paris.
He was active as a painter and copper engraver as well as a designer of embroidery patterns. Fouquier taught him how to etch.
Van Plattenberg and Morin collaborated on publishing projects for which van Plattenberg made the engravings. Plattenberg"s success gained him favour at the royal court and he was awarded the title of "Peintre du Roy pour les mers" (Royal painter of seas").
He was one of the founding members in 1648 of the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture and remained a member until his death in Paris in the year 1660.
The son of Matthieu van Plattenberg, known as Nicolas de Plattemontagne, was a painter and a pupil of Philippe de Champaigne. He had a very successful career in France but his work fell into oblivion after his death.
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Netherlands