Frans Wouters

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Frans Wouters (Lier, 1612–Antwerp, 1659) was a Flemish Baroque painter who translated the monumental Baroque style of Peter Paul Rubens into the small context of cabinet paintings.[1] He studied with Rubens in 1634, became a master in the Guild of St. Luke the following year, and spent the 1630s as court painter to Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II and Charles I of England.[1] His later works, especially those made after 1648 when he was working for the Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria, show an increasing influence of Anthony van Dyck.[1]

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  1. ^ a b c Hans Vlieghe (1998). Flemish Art and Architecture, 1585-1700, Pelican history of art. New Haven: Yale University Press, 111. ISBN 0300070381.