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Wenceslas Cobergher

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Flemish painter, draftsman, architect and engineer (1560-1634)

ArtistsLived 1560 to 1634 · aged 74
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Wenceslas Cobergher, sometimes called Wenzel Coebergher, was a Flemish Renaissance architect, engineer, painter, antiquarian, numismatist and economist. Faded somewhat into the background as a painter, he is chiefly remembered today as the man responsible for the draining of the Moëres on the Franco-Belgian border.

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Wenceslas Cobergher, sometimes called Wenzel Coebergher, was a Flemish Renaissance architect, engineer, painter, antiquarian, numismatist and economist. Faded somewhat into the background as a painter, he is chiefly remembered today as the man responsible for the draining of the Moëres on the Franco-Belgian border. He is also one of the fathers of the Flemish Baroque style of architecture in the Southern Netherlands.

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Lived 1560 to 1634 · aged 74
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