Mechtelt van Lichtenberg

Mechtelt (sometimes spelled Mechteld) van Lichtenberg was born in Utrecht, Holland, the daughter of Gerrit Lichtenberg (d. 1549), a member of the guild of saddlers and a city councilman, and Cornelia de Vooght van Rijnevelt. Sometime between 1546 and 1549 she married Egbert Boecop (d. 1578), a church master in Kampen. They had a son and five daughters, and two of their daughters — Margaretha toe Boecop (before 1551 – after 1610) and Cornelia toe Boecop (1551 – after 1629) — also became recognized artists. ==Career==

It is unclear how van Lichtenberg learned to paint, although it is possible she was apprenticed to Jan van Scorel. She signed her early work 'Mechtelt van Lichtenberg' and her later work 'Mechtelt van Lichtenberg otherwise known as Boecop'. == Selected works ==

• Pieta with Mary Magdalene (1546) • Adoration of the Shepherd (1572) • The Last Supper (1574) ==References==