Jacob Huysmans
Flemish painter (1633-1696) · Artists · Died at 63
Jacob Huysmans was a Flemish portrait painter who, after training in his native Antwerp, immigrated to England before the Restoration. He became a feted court painter and attracted the patronage of the Portuguese born queen Catherine of Braganza, a Catholic like himself, of whom he painted several portraits.
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Portrait of Queen Catharine
Edward Henry Lee, 1st Earl of Lichfield, and his wife Charlotte Fitzroy as children
Elizabeth Cornwallis, Mrs Edward Allen (d. 1708), as Diana the Huntress
John Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale
Frances Stewart, later Duchess of Richmond
Portrait of John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of RochesterAbout this person
With his exuberant style, he was during his lifetime regarded as an important rival of the court painter Peter Lely who favored a more sober treatment of his sitters.
Category
Artists
Type
Artist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1633 to 1696 · aged 63
