Philip Gyselaer - Mercury and Jupiter in the House of Philemon and Baucis

Philip Gyselaer, also Giselaer (''c''. 1620 – after 1650), was a Flemish painter specialized in

history painting History painting is a genre in painting defined by its subject matter rather than any artistic style or specific period. History paintings depict a moment in a narrative story, most often (but not exclusively) Greek and Roman mythology and Bible ...

in the tradition of

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. He was registered at the

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as a pupil of

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in 1634.Philip Gyselaer
at the

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Only a few of his works are known. One of his works depicting ''Mercury and Jupiter in the House of Philemon and Baucis'' is in the collection of the

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.Philipp Gyselaer, ''Jupiter und Merkur bei Philemon und Baucis''
at the Kunsthistorisches Museum

Sources

*J. de Maere, Jennifer A. Martin, and Marie Wabbes. ''Illustrated Dictionary of 17th Century Flemish Painters''. Brussels: Renaissance du livre, 1994; p. 190.

References

Flemish Baroque painters Painters from Antwerp Flemish history painters 1620s births 1650s deaths {{Flemish-painter-stub