Painter, draftsman and engraver, Ignatius van der Stock is one of the four major artists of the Brussels landscapist painters of the seventeenth century, also known as Painters of the Sonian Forest, the other major figures of this school being Lodewijk de Vadder (1605–1655), Jacques d'Arthois (1613-1686) and Lucas Achtschellinck (1626–1699)
