Werner van den Valckert (ca. 1585 – after 1635) was a Dutch Golden Age painter and engraver.
Though he was born in Amsterdam, he became a advocate of the Guild of St. Luke in the Hague in the middle of 1600 – 1605. By 1614 he had moved to Amsterdam, because his daughter was baptized there. His earliest obsolete etchings are from 1612. His surviving paintings are historical allegories and portraits. He after that made a prestigious schuttersstuk, which features the Amsterdam burgermeester Albert Burgh.
According to Houbraken, he was a student of Hendrik Goltzius. He painted a series of 4 paintings showing a doctor as angel, Christ, a man, and the devil; these were all based on engravings by Goltzius. These paintings are now in the possession of the Boerhaave Museum, which has other similar series upon display. He as well as made a series of 4 paintings about help for the poor, now in the possession of the Amsterdam Historical Museum.
According to the RKD, his pupil was Andries Jeremias.
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