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Flemish Baroque painters

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Bartholomeus Spranger

Bartholomeus Spranger (1546–1611) was a Flemish painter, draughtsman, and sculptor from Antwerp who became court painter to Emperor Rudolf II in Prague and the leading creator of rudolfine Mannerism.

Bernard van Orley

Bernard van Orley, also Barend or Bernaert van Orley, was a Netherlandish painter and tapestry designer in Brussels who served as court painter to Margaret of Austria.

Clara Peeters

Clara Peeters was a Flemish still-life painter based in Antwerp, active from 1607 into the early 1620s, known for breakfast and banquet pieces and hidden self-portraits in reflective vessels.

Frans Floris

Frans Floris, born Frans de Vriendt (about 1516 to 1520, died 1570), was a Flemish painter who led Romanism in sixteenth-century Antwerp, running a workshop of more than 100 pupils.

Frans Snyders

Frans Snyders, also spelled Frans Snijders, was a Flemish painter of Antwerp, born in 1579 and died in 1657, known for animal still lifes, hunting scenes, and market and pantry pictures.

Jacob Jordaens

Jacob Jordaens (1593–1678) was a Flemish Baroque painter and tapestry designer of Antwerp who, alongside Rubens and Van Dyck, ranked among the three great Flemish masters of the seventeenth century.

Jan Brueghel the Elder

Jan Brueghel the Elder, nicknamed "Velvet Brueghel," was a Flemish painter of landscapes, flowers, and allegories, active in Antwerp, court painter to Archduke Albert, and a close collaborator of Rubens.

Pieter Coecke van Aelst

Pieter Coecke van Aelst (1502–1550) was a Flemish painter, sculptor, architect, and tapestry designer active in Antwerp and Brussels who ran one of the largest workshops in the Southern Netherlands.