A Life Between Mechelen and Würzburg Oswald Onghers lived a life that moved across the borders of the Southern Netherlands and the German lands. Born in 1628, he began his training in Mechelen, where he studied under Jan Baptist le Saive le jeune starting in 1641. This early period of apprenticeship provided him with the technical foundation that would later define his career as a painter of the Baroque style. His path eventually led…