1519-1575  Related Paintings of Antonis Mor :. | Finkenwerder Kutter vor Helgoland | View of the Convent of Ara Coeli with Pines | Abstract | The Absinthe Drinker | Stilleven met kan van steengoed |
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Harmen van Steenwyck
Dutch Painter of still lifes, notably of fruit , 1612-1659
Vigilius Erichsen
1772-1782 Danish Vigilius Erichsen Location
Peter Franchoys
Peter, 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.