Theodoor van Thulden. Theodoor van Thulden was a painter, draughtsman and engraver from 's-Hertogenbosch.
He is mainly known for his altarpieces, mythological subjects, allegorical works and portraits. He was active in Antwerp, where he had trained, as well as in Paris and his native 's-Hertogenbosch.
Theodoor van Thulden was born in 's-Hertogenbosch where he was baptized on 9 August 1606 in the St. John's Cathedral as Dirrick. Van Thulden was the oldest of at least nine children of whom one called Franchois would also become a painter.
His father Jacob Gerits van Tulden was trained as a silversmith, but earned his living as a cloth merchant. His mother Heylwich van Meurs was a daughter of the silversmith Dierck Aerts van Moers.
The family was well-off. Around 1621 van Thulden left his hometown for Antwerp where he became a pupil of Abraham van Blijenberch. Van Blijenberch was a reputed portrait painter who had previously worked in London as a painter to King James I and other members of the court. After van Blijenberch's death in 1623 van Thulden remained in Antwerp. Some art historians have suggested that during this period he could have been a pupil or assistant of Peter Paul Rubens. Others have questioned such apprenticeship with Rubens as van Thulden's style remained beholden to Mannerist tendencies into the 1630s and betrayed initially no influence from Rubens' Baroque idiom. In 1626 van Thuld
He is mainly known for his altarpieces, mythological subjects, allegorical works and portraits. He was active in Antwerp, where he had trained, as well as in Paris and his native 's-Hertogenbosch.
Theodoor van Thulden was born in 's-Hertogenbosch where he was baptized on 9 August 1606 in the St. John's Cathedral as Dirrick. Van Thulden was the oldest of at least nine children of whom one called Franchois would also become a painter.
His father Jacob Gerits van Tulden was trained as a silversmith, but earned his living as a cloth merchant. His mother Heylwich van Meurs was a daughter of the silversmith Dierck Aerts van Moers.
The family was well-off. Around 1621 van Thulden left his hometown for Antwerp where he became a pupil of Abraham van Blijenberch. Van Blijenberch was a reputed portrait painter who had previously worked in London as a painter to King James I and other members of the court. After van Blijenberch's death in 1623 van Thulden remained in Antwerp. Some art historians have suggested that during this period he could have been a pupil or assistant of Peter Paul Rubens. Others have questioned such apprenticeship with Rubens as van Thulden's style remained beholden to Mannerist tendencies into the 1630s and betrayed initially no influence from Rubens' Baroque idiom. In 1626 van Thuld
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