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His name is derived from the place of birth of his father, Aachen in Germany. Other variations of the name include Johann von - and - von Achen and various concisions like Janachen, Fanachen, Abak, Jean Dac, Aquano, van Aken etc.
Von Aachen began painting in Germany as a scholar of the Flemish master E. Jerrigh . He then moved to Italy in 1574 to study further. He toured Rome and Florence, but eventually settled in Venice. He initially became a scholar of Kaspar Rems , but soon decided to develop his mannerist technique on his own, by studying TintorettoTintoretto (real name Jacopo Robusti 1518 May 31, 1594) was an Italian painter from Venice. A student of Titian, he is said to have excelled his teacher in his master of color and shadow, and to have been influenced by Michelangelo in his drawing skills. and Michelangelo's followers. During all of his life though, he was influenced by the style of Bartholomeus Spranger and Hendrick Goltzius who dominated the art scene in Germany at the time.
He returned to Germany in 1588Events May 12 Day of the Barricades in Paris. Duke Henry of Guise seizes the city, forcing King Henry III to flee. May 28 The Spanish Armada, with 130 ships and 30,000 men, begins to set sail from Lisbon heading for the English Channel (it will take until and there won renown as a painter of portraits for noble houses. He painted several works for Duke William V of Bavaria . He married in MunichMunich ( German: Munchen ) is the state capital of the German Bundesland of Bavaria. Behind Berlin and Hamburg, Munich is Germany's third largest city with a population of about 1. 261 million ( as of 2003). It is located on the river Isar. History The se with Regina, the daughter of the composer Orlando di Lasso. From Munich he came into contact with the Imperial Court in Prague. In 1592Events January 30 The death of Pope Innocent IX during the previous year had left the Papal throne vacant. Ippolito Aldobrandini is elected Pope Clement VIII. Founding of Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland's oldest university Thomas Kyd publishes The Spanis he was appointed official painter of Rudolph II, Holy Roman Emperor and gentled by the same in 1594. Von Aachen thus moved to Prague, though apparently only in 1601, where he stayed painting on commission from Emperor Rudolph II, and later for Matthias I.
Among van Aachens scholars were Peter Isaak and Joseph Heinz . His works have been etched at times by Wolfgang Kilian , Dominicus Custos and Jan Sadeler .