Court of St. Baafs. Watercolor of Lieven van der Schelden from 1585
Lieven van der Schelden was a Flemish painter who became acquainted with his miniatures and heraldic painting in the second half of the 16th century. He was a student of Lucas d'Heere and enjoyed a great reputation in his time. In 1584 he was appointed as a painter's coat of arms.
After making a weapon book for the crafts of the city of Ghent in 1579, the city regularly gave orders to Van der Schelde. For example, he was asked for the painting of banners and coatings.
Van der Schelde assisted his teacher D'Heere in 1582 in the organization of the festive income and dedication of the Duke of Anjou, who became the count of Flanders. After Ghent had resigned on 17 September 1584 to the Duke of Parma, plans were made for his festive takeover. However, because D'Heere died earlier that year, Van der Schelden himself supervised preparations and decorations.
Van der Schelden founded a large number of decorations, including two obelisks and the triumphal bow made by D'Heere two years earlier and carefully adapted by Van der Schelden. However, the formal inauguration never took place because the Duke of Parma was unable to travel to Ghent for the first time in 1587 for the first time in Ghent for the first time in 1587. By then, Van der Schelden's decorations had already disappeared.
However, in 1586 Van der Schelde produced a handwriting, equipped with watercolors and detailed descriptions of all the decorations, leaving them partially preserved. Source
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