Thomas van Apshoven (miscalled Theodor), son of Ferdinand the elder, was baptized at Antwerp on 30 November 1622. He became the favourite pupil of David Teniers the Younger, whose style he imitated with much success. We find various records of Apshoven. In 1652 he took the oath as standard-bearer in the 6th Division of the Civic-guard, and in 1657 he was made Captain of the 8th Division. His death occurred between 18 September 1664, and the same day in the following year. Apshoven's pictures, like those of his master, represent village festivals, the interiors of cabarets, with peasants regaling and amusing themselves, corps-de-gardes, and chemists' laboratories, in all of which he approached so near to the admirable style of his instructor, that his pictures may easily be mistaken for those of Teniers. His touch is uncommonly light and spirited, and his colouring clear and silvery. The works of this painter are frequently met with in Flanders, where they are judged worthy of being placed in the best collections. The Dresden Gallery has a picture of fruits, &c., by him, signed 'T. V. APSHOVEN.' The Darmstadt Gallery has a Landscape, painted in 1656; the Cassel Gallery 'Dancing Peasants;' and the Prague Gallery, an Interior, by Apshoven.
This article incorporates text from the article "APSHOVEN, Thomas van" in Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers by Michael Bryan, edited by Robert Edmund Graves and Sir Walter Armstrong, an 1886–1889 publication now in the public domain.