Melchior Lorck

Plaats: Flensburg

Geboren: 1527

Dood: 1583

Biografie:

Melchior Lorck (or: Lorichs or: Lorich or: Lorch) (1526/27 – after 1583 in Copenhagen) was a renaissance painter, draughtsman, and printmaker of Danish-German origin. He produced the most thorough visual record of the life and customs of Turkey in the 16th century, to this day a unique source. He was also the first Danish artist of whom a substanti...