Magdalena van den Hecken

Magdalena van den Hecken (1615, possibly in Antwerp – after 1635) was a Dutch Golden Age flower painter from the Northern Netherlands.

Early life
Van den Hecken may have been born in Antwerp. She is the daughter of the painter Samuel van den Hecken and moved with her family to Amsterdam.

Education
Magadalena's father joined the Antwerp Guild of Saint Luke in 1617 as a master painter.

Paintings
Magdalena mostly painted flowers, which were in the medium of oil paint. She also painted in insects and animals.

Legacy
Several of Magdalena's works are located at the Fitzwilliam Museum, in Cambridge, two in the Kunsthaus Zürich.