Lucas Cornelisz de Kock

Lucas Cornelisz de Kock or Kunst (1495–1552) was a Dutch Renaissance painter active in the Tudor court.

[2] The little encouragement the art experienced at that time in his native country, obliged him, for the support of a numerous family, to exercise the occupation of a cook, and eventually induced him to visit England.

[3] Later when the Earl of Leicester became governor and visited the Netherlands with some other Englishmen, they bought up many of his works to take them back to England, where they were sought after.

[2] According to the RKD he was formerly considered to be the same person as Luca d'Olanda, and is known today for historical allegories, drawings, and glass painting.

Of his works in England, the sixteen portraits of the Constables of Queenborough Castle, at Penshurst, are the most considerable; and though few of them can be original paintings, they possess great merit.