An Antique Dealer's Gallery
b. 1581, Antwerpen, d. 1642, Antwerpen
Painter, son of Frans Francken I. Of all the members of the Francken family, Frans II is the most important and still the most widely known. There are paintings by him in all large public collections in Europe. Besides altarpieces and painted furniture panels, he produced mainly small cabinet pictures with historical, mythological or allegorical themes. Frans II's rank as an artist is not so much derived from his extensive output as from his innovative subject-matter: his depictions of luxuriously decorated Kunstkammern and art galleries 1615-20 Oil on wood Galleria Borghese, Rome The Antique Dealer's Gallery by Frans Francken the Younger captures the atmosphere of such places at the beginning of the 17th century and shows a large display of paintings hanging in two rows.Artist:FRANCKEN, Frans II Title: An Antique Dealer's Gallery Painted in 1601-1650 , Flemish - - painting : genre
Painting ID:: 63826
Francken, Frans II b. 1581, Antwerpen, d. 1642, Antwerpen
Painter, son of Frans Francken I. Of all the members of the Francken family, Frans II is the most important and still the most widely known. There are paintings by him in all large public collections in Europe. Besides altarpieces and painted furniture panels, he produced mainly small cabinet pictures with historical, mythological or allegorical themes. Frans II's rank as an artist is not so much derived from his extensive output as from his innovative subject-matter: his depictions of luxuriously decorated Kunstkammern and art galleries An Antique Dealer's Gallery 1615-20 Oil on wood Galleria Borghese, Rome The Antique Dealer's Gallery by Frans Francken the Younger captures the atmosphere of such places at the beginning of the 17th century and shows a large display of paintings hanging in two rows.Artist:FRANCKEN, Frans II Title: An Antique Dealer's Gallery Painted in 1601-1650 , Flemish - - painting : genre
