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Hieronymus Janssens

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20: 158: 209: 89: 253: 244:(National Trust, Uppark House and Garden, West Sussex) dated to the 1660s. The gallery depicted is an imaginary gallery with three allegorical figures who are admiring a canvas of the 'Last Judgement'. On a table by a window are placed pieces of sculpture, a globe, and other objects. The contrast between the precious objects on the table and the 'Last Judgement' in the foreground illustrates the idea of vanitas: the ultimate vanity of earthly pleasures. 498: 270: 216:
Gallery paintings depict large rooms in which many paintings and other precious items are displayed in elegant surroundings. The earliest works in this genre depicted art objects together with other items such as scientific instruments or peculiar natural specimens. The genre became immediately
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Janssens' paintings are often both signed and dated, with dates ranging from 1646 to 1661. Like his teacher van der Laemen he was specialized in dance scenes, set inside a house or on an outside terrace. This is where he got the nickname
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Janssens also painted many architectural paintings usually of imaginary palaces, temples and art galleries. He based himself on existing buildings, including the house of Rubens in Antwerp, as well as on prints of
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known for his compositions depicting elegant companies engaging in dance, music or play, which were of influence on the development of the genre of the
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Marr, Alexander (2010) 'The Flemish 'Pictures of Collections' Genre: An Overview', Intellectual History Review, 20: 1, 5 — 25
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depict persons engaging in excessive drinking and apparently dissolute behaviour and ostensibly carry a moralistic message.
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Janssens contributed to the genre of the 'gallery paintings'. The 'gallery paintings' genre is native to Antwerp where
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He married Catharina van Dooren in 1650. He took on four pupils including Jacob Lafosse (III) in 1651–52.
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Seventeenth Century Flemish Garland Paintings. Still Life, Vision and the Devotional Image
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were the first artists to create paintings of art and curiosity collections in the 1620s.
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The Collector's Cabinet: Flemish Paintings from New England Private Collections
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Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press. Web. 8 May. 2014
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He frequently painted these works in collaboration with other artists such as
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Dungeon interior with elegant figures, with Wilhelm Schubert van Ehrenberg
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His work was of influence on later Flemish genre painters such as
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Biographical details of Christoffel Jacobsz van der Laemen
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in 1636–1637. He was first registered as a master in the
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quite popular and was followed by other artists such as
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Group of people in the St. Rumbold's Church in Mechelen
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Antwerp
Flemish
genre
painter
conversation piece
Christoffel Jacobsz van der Laemen
Guild of Saint Luke

Peter Paul Rubens
Garden of Love
Prado Museum
King Charles II of England
Mary of Orange
The Hague
The Prodigal Son Dining with a Music-Making Party
Elegant company

Hans Vredeman de Vries
chiaroscuro
Dirck van Delen
Wilhelm Schubert van Ehrenberg
Jacobus Ferdinandus Saey
Frans Francken the Younger
Jan Brueghel the Elder

Jan Brueghel the Younger
Cornelis de Baellieur
Hans Jordaens
David Teniers the Younger

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