Flemish Northern Renaissance Painter ,
b. ca. 1534, Hulst, d. 1598, Antwerp Related Paintings of Gillis Mostaert :. | A Prison Scene | Beach at Scheveningen in Calm Weather (nn04) | Portrait dune femme en buste | Bathers | Floriansfolge, Szenen zur Legende des Hl. Florian, Szene: Gefangennahme des Hl. Florian, Detail | Related Artists:
VELDE, Esaias van deDutch painter (b. ca. 1591, Amsterdam, d. 1630, Den Haag).
CRANACH, Lucas the YoungerGerman painter (b. 1515, Wittenberg, d.1586, Weimar)
was a German Renaissance artist, known for his woodcuts and paintings. He was a son of Lucas Cranach the Elder who began his career as an apprentice in his father's workshop. Henceforth, his own reputation and fame grew. After his father's death, he assumed control over the workshop. The style of their paintings can be so similar that there have been some difficulties in attribution of their works.
Peter FranchoysPeter, Peeter or Pieter Franchoys or Francois (1606-1654) was a Flemish Baroque painter from Mechelen, who painted an altarpiece of Calvary influenced by Anthony van Dyck for the St. Gummarus church in Lier, Belgium.
[edit] Biography
He first learned to paint from his father, Lucas Franchoys the Elder, and later from Gerard Seghers in Antwerp . In 1631 he traveled in France and is recorded being in Fontainebleau. In 1646 he became a member of the Mechelen schutterij and in 1649 he became a master in the Guild of St. Luke there.
According to Houbraken he was known for his landscapes with small figures, that attracted the admiration of Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria, for whom he painted many years.
His work is memorialized in the Gulden Cabinet of the poet from Lier, Cornelis de Bie.