Antwerp was the most promising of Lorck's stations in life, as he was here in one of the most important humanist centres of Europe, due to the prolific publishing houses, with Plantin's as the most important.
Tiden i Antwerpen var den mest løfterige i Lorcks karriere, da han her befandt sig i et af de vigtigste humanistiske centre af Europa - takket være byens produktive forlag, med Plantins som det mest betydningsfulde.