The Legacy of a Flemish Master: Victor Wolfvoet the Younger In the vibrant, bustling heart of seventeenth-century Antwerp, a period defined by the dramatic flourishes of the Baroque, lived an artist whose life was as much about the commerce of beauty as it was about its creation. Victor Wolfvoet the Younger, born in 1612, emerged from a lineage deeply embedded in the artistic fabric of Flanders. As the son of Victor Wolfvoet the Elder—a respected painter and art dealer—the younger Wolfvoet was destined for a life surrounded by the scent of linseed oil and the sight of masterworks. His early…