Jacob Melchior van Herck

He collaborated with figure painters in the creation of allegorical and mythological scenes with an important still life element.

He regularly collaborated with figure painters in the creation of allegorical and mythological scenes, which incorporated important still life elements.

The portrait was likely painted by François Liberti while van Herck took care of the still life elements.

[10] The compositions and motifs of van Herck were closely related to the opulent flower still lifes of his master Gaspar Peeter Verbruggen the Younger.

[4] His work is also regularly mixed up with that of his master's father Gaspar Peeter Verbruggen the Elder.