# Engelbert Ergo

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**Engelbert Ergo** or **Engel Ergo** (c. 1615 – after 1652) was a [Flemish](/source/Flemish_people) [Baroque painter](/source/Flemish_Baroque_painter) of [history paintings](/source/History_painting) and [landscapes](/source/Landscape_painting). His few known works often include religious elements or allegories.

## Life

Details about the life of Engelbert Ergo are scarce. He was born in [Oudenaarde](/source/Oudenaarde).[1] He was registered in the guild year 1629–30 under the name Engel Ergo in the [Antwerp](/source/Antwerp) [Guild of Saint Luke](/source/Guild_of_Saint_Luke) as a pupil of [Kerstiaen de Keuninck](/source/Kerstiaen_de_Keuninck), an artist known for his oeuvre of landscapes and disaster scenes.[2] He was registered as a master in 1641–42. In 1644–45 and 1651–52 he took on pupils.

There are no records about the artist after 1652.[1] He is believed to have worked for the Antwerp art dealers such as the [Forchondt](/source/Guillam_Forchondt) family.[3]

## Work

Ergo is known for his history paintings and landscapes.[1] Ergo's works are very rare. His paintings often contain an allegorical meaning. For instance a landscape painting held by the [Pushkin Museum](/source/Pushkin_Museum) contains an allegorical meaning relating to patience and the painting is therefore referred to as the *Allegory of Patience*.[4] Ergo made copies of his own work as is demonstrated by the fact that a similar *Allegory of Patience* was auctioned at [Christie's](/source/Christie's) in 2012 (Amsterdam auction of 14 November 2012, lot 33).[5]

He also produced several landscapes with animals such as *Orpheus charming the animals* (at Jean Moust in 2014) and *Noah gathering the Animals* (Auctioned at Bonhams on 17 June 2008 in London, lot 12).[6][7]

## References

1. [Engelbert Ergo](https://rkd.nl/explore/artists/26485) at the [Netherlands Institute for Art History](/source/Netherlands_Institute_for_Art_History) (in Dutch)

1. [Kerstiaen de Keuninck](http://www.floris-art.com/print.php?idp=166&fotoprint=/public/20140305142258_3_l.jpg) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20210515202910/http://www.floris-art.com/print.php?idp=166&fotoprint=/public/20140305142258_3_l.jpg) 15 May 2021 at the Wayback Machine at Floris van Wanroij Fine Art

1. Forchoudt Family, *Kunstuitvoer in de 17e Eeuw Te Antwerpen de Firma Forchoudt*, De Sikkel, 1931, p. 12 (in Dutch)

1. Gary Schwartz, 'Behind the Icon Curtain Dutch and Flemish Art in Central and Eastern Europe' in: *The Low Countries: Arts and Society in Flanders and The Netherlands, a Yearbook*, Flemish-Netherlands Foundation Stichting Ons Erfdeel, 2003, p. 235

1. [Engelbert Ergo, Winter landscape with an allegory of Patience](https://rkd.nl/en/explore/images/235667) at the Netherlands Institute for Art History (in Dutch)

1. [Ergo, Engelbert, *Orpheus charming the animals*](http://jeanmoust.com/index.cfm?page=Artist-Index&cat=4152&subcat=6437&aid=748882&artist=Ergo,%20Engelbert) at Jean Moust

1. [Attributed to Engelbert Ergo (Oudenaarde circa 1620-circa 1667), *Noah gathering the Animals*](https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/15800/lot/13/) at Bonhams

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