American Painter, 1827-1899 Related Paintings of Frank Blackwell Mayer :. | The Girlhood of the Virgin | Portrait of Ferdinand VII of Spain in his robes of state | Four hours a day at night | Conquest of Siberia by Yermak | Gotthardpost | Related Artists:
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.
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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.
threshing wheatearly sixteenth century.
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John O Brien InmanAmerican, 1828-1896