Nicolaes Lauwers

[1][2] He is known for his reproductive prints after works by leading Flemish artists such as Rubens, Jacob Jordaens and Gerard Seghers.

[1] He was born in Antwerp on 27 April 1600 as the son of Jacob Lauwers and Margareta Huysraet.

He joined the Antwerp Guild of St. Luke in 1619, and opened a print workshop shortly after that on the Lombardenvest, called In de scryvende Hand (In the writing hand).

[1] His pupils included Nicolaes Pitau, Hendrick Snyers, Gilles de la Forgie, Marinus Vigilet, Matheus Wtenbrouck and J.

[1] He is known for engraving and publishing prints after Rubens, Jacob Jordaens and other prominent Flemish painters of the century.

Smoking and drinking men at an inn , engraved by Lauwers after Gerard Seghers
The Adoration of the Magi with Torches , engraved by Lauwers after Rubens