Abraham de Rijcke

Abraham de Rijcke[1] (Antwerp, baptized on 5 July 1566 – 1599) was a Flemish Renaissance painter known for his history paintings and portraits.

[3] De Rijcke died in Antwerp before 19 August 1599, the day his younger brother Daniel was appointed guardian of his surviving siblings.

The side panels are portraits of Jan Baptist Doncker and Magdalena Hockaert praying and wearing black clothes.

[3] The altarpiece was part of the funeral monument of Lodewijk Clarys and Marie le Batteur originally situated in the Cathedral of Our Lady (Antwerp).

The backside of the panels show respectively the figure of the Madonna and St Louis IX, King of France in grisaille.