Jef Vanderveken

Jef Vanderveken or Jef Van der Veken (1872 in Antwerp - 1964 in Ixelles) was a Belgian copyist. He mastered the art of reproducing the works of Jan van Eyck and also created, with his banker's funds, the Renders Collection. In 1945 he produced a copy of the stolen Ghent Altarpiece panel The Just Judges.

In 1941, Hermann Göring bought the Renders collection for 300 kilograms of gold, worth about 2 million euros (2003).

References

Jef Van der Veken on the Website of the Université catholique de Louvain

Persondata
Name	Vanderveken, Jef
Alternative names	Van der Veken, Jef
Short description	copyist
Date of birth	1872
Place of birth	Antwerp (Belgium)
Date of death	1964
Place of death	Ixelles (Belgium)