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HUYSMANS
, the name of four Flemish painters who matriculated in the See also:Antwerp gild in the 17th See also:century
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Cornelis the See also:elder, apprenticed in 1633, passed for a mastership in 1636, and remained obscure
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See also:Jacob, apprenticed to Frans Wouters in 165o, wandered to See also:England towards the See also:close of the reign of See also: Seldom attempting anything but woodside views with See also:fancy backgrounds, See also:half See also:Italian, half Flemish, he painted with See also:great facility, and See also:left numerous examples behind . At the outset of his career he practised at See also:Malines, where he married in 1682, and there too he entered into some business connexion with van der See also:Meulen, for whom he painted some backgrounds . In 1706 he withdrew to Antwerp, where he resided till 1717, returning then to MVIalines, where he died on the 1st of See also:June 1727 . Though most of his pictures were composed for cabinets rather than churches, he sometimes emulated van Artois in the See also:production of large sacred pieces, and for many years his " See also:Christ on the Road to See also:Emmaus " adorned the See also:choir of Notre See also:Dame of Malines . In the gallery of See also:Nantes, where three of his small landscapes are preserved, there hangs an " Investment of Luxembourg," by van der Meulen, of which he is known to have laid in the background . The national galleries of London and See also:Edinburgh contain each one example of his skill . See also:Blenheim, too, and other private galleries in England, possess one or more of his pictures . But most of his See also:works are on the See also:European See also:continent . |
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