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1581 Antwerp, Belgium - 1642 Anvers. Known for: Allegorical, history, figure and religious painting-monkeys.
Frans Francken the Younger (1581 - 6 May 1642), was a Flemish Baroque painter and the best-known member of the large Francken family of artists. Francken was born in Antwerp. Many of his works are... Read full biography
Frans Francken the Younger (1581 - 6 May 1642), was a Flemish Baroque painter and the best-known member of the large Francken family of artists. Francken was born in Antwerp. Many of his works are small historical, allegorical and biblical cabinet paintings with the focus on figures. He also... Read full biography
Frans Francken the Younger (1581 - 6 May 1642), was a Flemish Baroque painter and the best-known member of the large Francken family of artists. Francken was born in Antwerp. Many of his works are small historical, allegorical and biblical cabinet paintings with the focus on figures. He also invented or popularized several new themes that became popular in Flemish painting, such as genre scenes populated by monkeys (later imitated by David Teniers the Younger) and Kunstkamer paintings... Read full biography
Frans Francken the Younger (1581 - 6 May 1642), was a Flemish Baroque painter and the best-known member of the large Francken family of artists. Francken was born in Antwerp. Many of his works are small historical, allegorical and biblical cabinet paintings with the focus on figures. He also invented or popularized several new themes that became popular in Flemish painting, such as genre scenes populated by monkeys (later imitated by David Teniers the Younger) and Kunstkamer paintings displaying a wealth of natural and artistic treasures against a neutral wall. Francken frequently collaborated with other artists, adding figures to works by Tobias Verhaecht and Abraham Govaerts. Later in his life he also painted large altarpieces. Source:.... Read full biography
Frans Francken the Younger (1581 - 6 May 1642), was a Flemish Baroque painter and the best-known member of the large Francken family of artists. Francken was born in Antwerp. Many of his works are small historical, allegorical and biblical cabinet paintings with the focus on figures. He also invented or popularized several new themes that became popular in Flemish painting, such as genre scenes populated by monkeys (later imitated by David Teniers the Younger) and Kunstkamer paintings displaying a wealth of natural and artistic treasures against a neutral wall. Francken frequently collaborated with other artists, adding figures to works by Tobias Verhaecht and Abraham Govaerts. Later in his life he also painted large altarpieces. Source:. Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frans_Francken_the_Younger... Read full biography
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Jan Baptist Franck, Frans Francken, Jan Francken, Seguidor de Frans Francken II, Frans Francken Le Jeune, Franck Franken
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Frans Francken the Younger (1581 - 6 May 1642), was a Flemish Baroque painter and the best-known member of the large Francken family of artists.
Francken was born in Antwerp. Many of his works are small historical, allegorical and biblical cabinet paintings with the focus on figures. He also invented or popularized several new themes that became popular in Flemish painting, such as genre scenes populated by monkeys (later imitated by David Teniers the Younger) and Kunstkamer paintings displaying a wealth of natural and artistic treasures against a neutral wall.
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