The Verdant Legacy of Lucas Achtschellinck In the heart of the seventeenth-century Flemish landscape tradition, few names evoke the tranquil, wooded majesty of the Brussels outskirts as poignantly as Lucas Achtschellinck. Born in Brussels around 1626, Achtschellinck emerged from a lineage deeply rooted in the visual arts, possibly as the grandson of the landscape painter Lukas Achtschelling. His journey into the mastery of light and f…