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FRANS FRANCKEN
Anthony van Dyck, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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Frans Francken the Younger (1581-1642) was born in Antwerp.
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The best-known and most prolific member of the large Francken family of
Flemish painters and artists.
- He was the son of Frans Francken the Elder and Elisabeth Mertens.
- Francken was a versatile artist who practiced in many genres and introduced new subjects into Flemish art.
- Many of his works are small historical, allegorical and biblical cabinet paintings with the focus on figures.
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His father was a pupil of Antwerp's leading
history painter Frans Floris and one of the most
important creators of altar pieces of his time in
Flanders. Frans Francken the Younger trained with his
father Frans the Elder. Frans, together with his brother Hieronymus Francken II, may also have received additional training in the workshop of their uncle Hieronymus Francken I in Paris.
(Wikipedia)
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