Frans Francken the Younger

Frans Francken the Younger ( * 1581 in Antwerp, † May 6, 1642 ibid ) was a Flemish painter and draftsman of the Baroque. He was the most famous and artistically gifted member of the family of painters Francken. He was a pupil of his father Frans Francken I, a student of Frans Floris. 1605 was the acquittal to the Master. 1614/15 he became dean of the Guild of St. Luke. His son Frans Francken III. (1607-1667) was also a painter.

His oeuvre includes allegories, cabinet paintings, history paintings, genre scenes, still lifes, Kunstkammer images ( Cabinet d' amateur ), altarpieces and picture galleries. Francken II is attributed to both the establishment of the art chamber images genre and the genre scenes with monkeys; both were henceforth popular in Flemish painting. Characteristic are the accentuated eyes star of his characters. He often repeats specific characteristics of its type.

Works

(Selection)

  • The Temptation of St. Anthony, 1605
  • The Sermon on the Mount, 1606. The painting was provided by the National Socialists for the Special Mission Linz and was Restitutionsgut
  • Feast in the House of the mayor Rockox to 1630/35, Alte Pinakothek
  • The magnanimity of Scipio, oil on wood, 53 × 78 cm, 1634
  • The Coronation of the Virgin ( workshop), Oil on wood, 64 × 48 cm
  • Ecce Homo, oil on panel, 29 × 35,5 cm
  • Ecce Homo, oil on wood, 41 × 37 cm
  • With Hieronymus Francken III:. Triumphal procession of Bacchus, oil on wood, 50.2 × 74 cm
  • Mocking of Christ ( workshop), framing and grisaille oil on copper, 35.5 x 28 cm.
  • Adoration of the Magi (attributed ), oil on copper, 35.5 x 29.5 cm,
  • Arrest of Christ, oil on oak panel, 30 x 24cm,
  • The feast of Belshazzar, oil on wood, cradled, 74.5 × 107cm,
  • Saint Veronica, which extends the cross Christ bearing the cloth, oil on panel, 49.5 x 64 cm
  • Homage to the goddess Mephites, oil on wood, cradled, 54 × 75 cm
  • The Banquet ( workshop), oil on copper, 36 x 44cm
  • Wedding at Canaan, oil on wood, cradled, 44.4 × 61 cm.
  • Virgil in the basket, oil on copper, 49 x 65 cm
  • The Judas Kiss ( zugeschr. ), 16.5 × 13 cm
  • Calvary ( radius), oil on copper, 24.5 x 20 cm
  • Apollo among the Muses, oil on panel, 31 × 63,5 cm
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