Willem Schubart van Ehrenberg
Flemish, 1630-1676
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Wilhelm Schubert van Ehrenberg or Willem Schubart van Ehrenberg was a Flemish painter mainly active in Antwerp who specialized in architectural paintings including of real and imaginary church interiors, Renaissance palaces and picture galleries.
Most likely born in Antwerp where his baptism is recorded on 12 May 1630 (despite an unnamed source stating he was born in Germany), he entered the Antwerp Guild of Saint Luke in 1662. He resided in Antwerp for most of his life. It is possible he travelled to Italy as he made drawings of Italian subjects.
The date of his death is not known with certainty and is believed to have occurred between 1687 (the latest date of one of his dated works) and 1707.
He was the teacher of the painter of architecture paintings Jacobus Ferdinandus Saey.
His son Peter Schubart von Ehrenberg was also an artist who had a successful career as a painter, engraver and stage designer in Vienna.