Hieronymus Francken (III) - Carrying The Cross - WGA08218
Hieronymus Francken may refer to one of the following three Flemish artists from the same family: *Hieronymus Francken I (ca. 1540–1610) * Hieronymus Francken II (1578-1623) *Hieronymus Francken III Hieronymus Francken III (1611 in Antwerp – 1671 in Antwerp), was a Flemish Baroque painter and a well known member of the Francken family of artists. Life He was the son of Frans Francken II and Elisabeth Placquet and painted in the family trad ...

Hieronymus Francken I
Hieronymus Francken I or Hieronymus Francken the Elder (ca. 1540, Herentals–1610, Paris) was a Flemish painter and an important member of the Francken family of artists. After training in Antwerp, he was mainly active in France, where he became court painter at the French court. His compositions with elegant groups of dancing figures, musicians and courtiers anticipate the development of this genre in the 17th century.Hieronymus Francken I, ''Courtiers Strolling In a Garden''
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Life

Hieronymus Francken I was born in Herentals as the son of Nicolaes Francken, a painter from Herentals. His father later settled in Antwerp and was likely ...
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Hieronymus Francken II
Hieronymus Francken the Younger or Hieronymus II (Antwerp, 1578 – Antwerp, 1623) was a Flemish painter and one of the most prominent members of the large Francken family of artists. Along with his brother Frans Francken II he played an important role in the development of new genres in Flemish art in the early 17th century. Life Hieronymus Francken II was the son of Elisabeth Mertens and Frans Francken the Elder. His father was a painter born in Herentals who had moved with his painter father to Antwerp. There he had become one of the principal painters during the Counter-Reformation. Hieronymus had three brothers who were painters: Thomas, Frans II and Ambrosius II. Hieronymus received his first training from his father. He was entered into the books (''liggeren'') of the Antwerp Guild of Saint Luke in 1605 as a pupil of his uncle Ambrosius.
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