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Philip Fruytiers (1610–1666) was a Flemish Baroque painter and engraver. Until the 1960s, he was especially known for his miniature portraits in watercolor and gouache. Since then, several large canvases signed with the monogram PHF have been ascribed to him. These new findings have led to a renewed appreciation for his contribution to the Antwerp Baroque.
Jan Erasmus Quellinus was a Flemish painter and draughtsman and a member of the famous Quellinus family of artists. He was one of the last prominent representatives of the great Flemish school of history and portrait painting in the 17th century. His work displays the classicizing influences of his father Erasmus Quellinus the Younger and Paolo Veronese. Mainly active in his native Antwerp, he worked for some time in Vienna for the Habsburg court as a court painter to Emperor Leopold I.
Cornelis Galle the Younger, Cornelius Galle or Cornelis Galle (I) was a Flemish printmaker. He worked mainly on publications for the Plantin Press in Antwerp for which he engraved devotional prints and book illustrations.
Gillis Coignet, Congnet or Quiniet was a Flemish Renaissance painter, who was strongly influenced by the Italian style. He painted historical and mythological subjects of an easel size, but was more successful in landscapes, in candlelight subjects, and moonlight. He was a Lutheran, which probably influenced his moves from Antwerp to Amsterdam and then Hamburg. He spent most of the 1560s in Italy.
Gaspar or Casper van Eyck was a Flemish painter of marine subjects and sea-fights. He worked in Antwerp and spent some time working in Genoa and Madrid.
Jacques Backereel, was a Flemish Baroque landscape painter. After training in Antwerp he worked for some time in Rome. He is mainly known for large-scale landscape paintings.
Michiel II Coignet was a Flemish painter specialized in small paintings for cabinets.
Gillis II Coignet was a Flemish history and landscape painter.
Nicolaas van Eyck or Nicolaes van Eyck, was a Flemish painter active in Antwerp in the middle of the 17th century. He is known for his equestrian and battle scenes, landscapes and portraits. He also painted a few civil processions, including parades of the Antwerp civil militia.
Gilliam van der Gouwen, first name also Guilliam and Willem was a Flemish engraver who spent most of his active career in the Dutch Republic. He is known for his reproductive engravings and various title pages, maps and book illustrations for the Amsterdam publishers.
Simon Hardimé (1672–1737) was a Flemish painter of mixed Walloon and Flemish descent. He is known for his paintings of flowers. He trained in Antwerp and later worked for a few years in the Dutch Republic. He then moved to London where he remained the rest of his life. His patrons included the bourgeoisie in Brussels and Antwerp and aristocrats in the Netherlands and England.
Peter van Halen or Pieter van Haelen (1612–1687) was a Flemish painter. He was known for his italianate landscapes with historical, allegorical and mythological scenes with many figures. His works were stylistically influenced by French Classicism.
John Gaspar Gevartius or Jan Caspar Gevaerts (1593-1666) was the jurisconsult of Antwerp and in his lifetime a famous philologist. He was a personal friend of Peter Paul Rubens.
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Jacob Melchior van Herck or Jacobus Melchior van Herck was a Flemish still life painter active in Antwerp. He is principally known for his flower and fruit still lifes. He collaborated with figure painters in the creation of allegorical and mythological scenes with an important still life element.
Alexander Casteels the Elder or Alexander Casteels (I)(Antwerp, c. 1635 – Antwerp, 1681–82) was a Flemish painter and draughtsman. He is known for his battle scenes and landscapes with hunters and elegant companies.
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Jan Carel van Eyck or Jan Karel van Eyck, was a Flemish painter active in Antwerp and Italy in the second half of the 17th century. He is known for his landscapes with villages and city scapes with genre scenes. He is also mentioned as a painter of portraits and biblical scenes.
Franciscus Hamers or Frans Hamers was a Flemish painter and draughtsman. He is known for his Italianate landscapes with hunters. Due to their closeness to the work of the Flemish painter Simon Johannes van Douw, his work was initially attributed to an anonymous artist who was given the notname Pseudo-Van Douw.
Melchior Hamers was a Flemish painter, draughtsman, printmaker and publisher. He is known for his Italianate landscapes, scenes with hunters and battle scenes. He made a number of prints after designs by other artists, some of which he also published.