Frans van den Wyngaerde Frans van den Wyngaerde Frans van den Wyngaerde or Frans van den Wijngaerde (Antwerp, 8 July 1614 – Antwerp 17 March 1679) was a Flemish printmaker, draughtsman and publisher. One of the leading print publishers in 17th-century Antwerp, he created and published multiple reproductive prints after Peter Paul Rubens, Anthony van Dyck as well as foreign artists. Frans van den Wyngaerde was born in 1614 to a family of fishmongers. He was baptized in Antwerp on July 8 of that year. Van den Wyngaerde became an apprentice of the Rubens collaborator Paulus Pontius (1603-1658) when he was about 14 years
Pseudo-Jan van Kessel the Younger and execution and substantially higher in quality than the works, which have now been attributed to Pseudo Jan van Kessel the Younger. For the sake of convenience, the Netherlands Institute for Art History (RKD) catalogued paintings by Pseudo-Jan van Kessel II previously (until 2017) as 'studio of Jan van Kessel the Elder'. The artist is believed to have been working in southern Europe, likely Italy, during the late 16th and early 17th century. The themes and style of the works suggest that the artist was Flemish or of Flemish descent or was trained in the Flemish style. The artist should