Otto van Veen, also known by his Latinized name Otto Venius or Octavius Vaenius (1556 – 6 May 1629), was a painter, draughtsman, and humanist responsive primarily in Antwerp and Brussels in the late 16th and further on 17th centuries. He is known for processing a large studio in Antwerp, producing several emblem books, and for being, from 1594 or 1595 until 1598, Peter Paul Rubens’ teacher. His role as a classically educated humanist artist (a pictor doctus), reflected in the Latin declare by which he is often known, Octavius Vaenius, was influential on the youngster Rubens, who would take on that role himself.
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