Koeberger, Wenceslaus

Koeberger, Wenceslaus, a noted Flemish painter and architect, was born in Antwerp about 1550; studied in his native city, and later at Rome; and died either in 1610 or in 1634. He selected chiefly religious subjects, land among his best paintings are " the Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian," and "Christ taken from the Cross and supported by Angels." See Descamps, Vies des Peintres Flamands, etc.