Flemish Renaissance painter, draughtsman and etcher

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An alchemist's laboratory inhabited by monkeys: to the right they are shown calling at the poorhouse, destitute after their obsessive, fruitless experiments. Etching by P. van der Borcht, ca. 1580.

Christ feasts in Zacchaeus's well-stocked house. Etching by J.B. Vrints after P. van der Borcht.

Two lame men come to Christ and the apostles. Engraving by A. de Bruyn after P. van der Borcht.

Christ appears to Saint John the Evangelist with eyes aflame and a sword in his mouth. Etching by P. van der Borcht.

A monkey barber's shop. Engraving after P. van der Borcht.

Tongues of fire descend on the apostles (Pentecost). Engraving by Jan Wierix, 1581, after P. van der Borcht.

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Pieter van der Borcht

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Christ feasts in Zacchaeus's well-stocked house. Etching by J.B. Vrints after P. van der Borcht.

A monkey barber's shop. Engraving after P. van der Borcht.

An alchemist's laboratory inhabited by monkeys: to the right they are shown calling at the poorhouse, destitute after their obsessive, fruitless experiments. Etching by P. van der Borcht, ca. 1580.

Two lame men come to Christ and the apostles. Engraving by A. de Bruyn after P. van der Borcht.

Tongues of fire descend on the apostles (Pentecost). Engraving by Jan Wierix, 1581, after P. van der Borcht.