Background
Valck was born in Amsterdam on 30 September 1652 to an Amsterdam silversmith.
cartographer engraver merchant painter
Valck was born in Amsterdam on 30 September 1652 to an Amsterdam silversmith.
He went to London with Blooteling in 1672 and may have remained there until 1680. Valck engraved many portraits of English nobility and worked frequently with Blooteling. His earliest dated mezzotint is titled Sleeping Cupid and was published in 1677.
He based many of his engravings and mezzotints after designs by other artists like Peter Lely, Gérard de Lairesse and Philip Tideman.
Valck also published atlases, maps, printed globes and prints of other things. He died in Amsterdam on 21 October 1726.