GASPARD DE See also:

• GASPARD DE CRAYER (1582-1669)

CRAYER (1582-1669)  , Flemish painter, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• ANTWERP
• ANTWERP (Fr. Anvers)

Antwerp, and learnt the See also:

• ART

art of See also:

• PAINTING

painting from See also:

• RAPHAEL (Hebrew smm, " God heals ")

Raphael See also:

• COXCIE, MICHAEL (1499–1592)

Coxcie . He matriculated in the guild of St See also:

• LUKE
• LUKE, GOSPEL OF ST

Luke at See also:

• BRUSSELS (Fr. Bruxelles, Flem. Brussel)

Brussels in 1607, resided in the See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital of See also:

• BRABANT
• BRABANT, NORTH

Brabant till after 166o, and finally settled at See also:

• GHENT (Flem. Gent, Fr. Gand)

Ghent . Amongst the numerous pictures which he painted in Ghent, one in the See also:

• TOWN

town museum represents the martyrdom of St Blaise, and bears the inscription A° 1668 aet . 86 . See also:

• CRAYER, GASPARD DE (1582-1669)

Crayer was one of the most productive yet one of the most conscientious artists of the later . Flemish school, second to See also:

• RUBENS, PETER PAUL (1577-164o)

Rubens in vigour and below Vandyck in refinement, but nearly equalling both in most of the essentials of painting . He was well known and always well treated by See also:

• ALBERT
• ALBERT (1490'1545)
• ALBERT (149o-1568)
• ALBERT (1522–1557)
• ALBERT (FRANCIS CHARLES AUGUSTUS ALBERT EMMANUEL) (1819—1861)
• ALBERT (FRIEDRICH RUDOLF ALBRECHT)
• ALBERT, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS
• ALBERT, MADAME (c. 2805—2846)

Albert and See also:

• ISABELLA (1451-15o4)
• ISABELLA, ISABEAU

Isabella, See also:

• GOVERNORS

governors of the See also:

• NETHERLANDS

Netherlands . The See also:

• CARDINAL (Lat. cardinalis)

cardinal-See also:

• INFANT (in early forms enfaunt, enfant, through the Fr. enfant, from Lat. infans, in, not, and fans, the present participle of fari, to speak)

infant See also:

• FERDINAND
• FERDINAND (1577-1650)
• FERDINAND (COLOGNE)
• FERDINAND (Span. Fernando or Hernando; Ital. Ferdinando or Ferrante; in O. H. Ger. Herinand, i.e. " brave in the host," from O. H. G. Heri, "army," A. S. here, Mod. Ger. Heer, and the Goth. nan]jan, " to dare ")
• FERDINAND, MAXIMILIAN KARL LEOPOLD MARIA

Ferdinand made him a See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court-painter . His pictures abound in the churches and museums of Brussels and Ghent; and there is scarcely a See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country See also:

• CHAPEL

chapel in See also:

• FLANDERS (Flem. Vlaanderen)

Flanders or Brabant that cannot boast of one or more of his canvases . But he was equally respected beyond his native country; and some important pictures of his See also:

• COMPOSITION
• COMPOSITION (Lat. compositio, from componere, to put together)

composition are to be found as far See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south as See also:

• AIX

Aix in See also:

• PROVENCE (Provincia, Proenza)

Provence and as far See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east as See also:

• AMBERG

Amberg in the Upper See also:

• PALATINATE (Ger. Pfalz)

Palatinate . His skill as a decorative artist is shown in the panels executed for a triumphal See also:

• ARCH
• ARCH, JOSEPH (1826– )

arch at the entry of Cardinal Ferdinand into the Flemish capital, some of which are publicly exhibited in the museum of Ghent . Crayer died at Ghent .

His best See also:

• WORKS

works are the " Miraculous See also:

• DRAUGHT (from the common Teutonic word " to draw "; cf. Ger. 7'racht, load; the pronunciation led to the variant form " draft," now confined to certain specific meanings)

Draught of Fishes " in the See also:

• GALLERY (through Ital. galleria, from Med. Lat. galeria, of which the origin is unknown)

gallery of Brussels, the " See also:

• JUDGMENT

Judgment of See also:

• SOLOMON, ODES OF
• SOLOMON, PSALMS OF

Solomon " in the gallery of Ghent, and " Madonnas with See also:

• SAINTS, BATTLE OF THE

Saints " in the Louvre, the See also:

• MUNICH (Ger. Munchen)

Munich Pinakothek, and the See also:

• BELVEDERE, or BELVIDERE (Ital. for " fair-view ")

Belvedere at See also:

• VIENNA (Ger. Wien; Lat. Vindobona)
• VIENNA, CONGRESS OF (1814-1815)

Vienna . His portrait by Vandyck was engraved by P . Pontius .