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Ambrosius Francken I

27 works

Ambrosius Francken I (1540-1618) was a painter and designer from the Southern Netherlands. Read more

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Christ at center holds bread as a girl with fish stands beside him, surrounded by a crowd on a green hillside in a painted la

The miraculous multiplication of the loaves and fishes

1598

Painting of the Last Supper with Christ and apostles at a table, flanked by four smaller panels with biblical scenes.

The Last Supper

1589

Christ breaking bread with two disciples at a table, with a fish on a plate and a Latin inscription below.

The Supper at Emmaus

1573

Grisaille painting of a priest in a mitre offering bread and wine to a soldier, with armed men with spears behind.

The meeting of Abram [Abraham] and Melchizedek, the high priest and king of Salem, who brings bread and wine (Genesis…

1573

Grisaille painting of a bearded man sleeping under a tree as a winged angel offers bread and water in a mountain landscape.

The prophet Elijah awakened by the angel on Mount Horeb (I Kings 19:5-6)

1573

Four-panel painting of Saint George: slaying a dragon on horseback, suffering on a wheel, kneeling before executioners, and b

The life of Saint George the Great

1618

Grisaille painting of Saint George on a white horse raising a broken lance over a dragon with a chain.

Saint George on Horseback

1573

Painting of a woman in a draped gown leading a dragon on a cord, with a small lamb on its back, in an arched niche.

Saint Margaret

1573

Triptych altarpiece with a bishop preaching to a crowd in a church, flanked by scenes of charity to the poor and sick.

Altarpiece of the Guild of the Smiths

1588

Painting of Saint Cosmas standing with a flask and sword against a dark background, with inscription S. COSMAS MARTIR.

Saint Cosmas, Physician and Martyr

1573

Brown-toned drawing of a crowd around a limp nude body carried forward, with a bearded elder on steps and coins scattered bel

Death of Sapphira

1600

Multi-panel altarpiece with a central saint bound to a tree shot by archers, flanked by crowd scenes and kneeling donors belo

Altarpiece of the Guild of the Old Bow

Painting of Saint Sebastian bound to a post as executioners attack him, with a tower and city behind and arrows on the ground

The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian of Rome

1575

Painting of a martyrdom: a bound man on a bench is cut by an executioner while a crowd watches, with a landscape behind.

The Martyrdom of Saint Crispin and Saint Crispinian

1589

Painting of a standing saint holding a chalice and a staff against a dark background, with the inscription S. DAMIANUS MARTIR

The St. Damian

1573

Painting of the dead Christ on a white cloth, mourned by figures in colorful robes, with three crosses on a hill behind.

The Lamentation

1573

Grisaille painting of bishops placing a mitre on a kneeling praying figure beneath a canopy, with a candle bearer.

Episcopal ordination of Saint Eligius

1588

Bishop in red robes offers bread through a barred window to kneeling prisoners in a stone interior.

Saint Eligius visits the prisoners

1588

Bishop preaching from a pulpit to a crowd of men, women and children in a columned church interior.

Saint Eligius preaches in Antwerp

1588

Painting of Saints Cosmas and Damian: men in red and pink robes tend a severed leg while an interior workshop scene appears a

The charity of Saints Cosmas and Damian

1573

Bishop in gold cope helps a crippled beggar while figures bury the dead in a hillside landscape behind him.

Saint Eligius helps the crippled and buries the dead

1588

Tall painting of a kneeling woman in prayer as a man in red cloak reaches toward her, watched by onlookers under an arch.

Miraculous Healing of Zoë

1575

Grisaille painting of a bearded smith striking metal on an anvil in a workshop with hanging tools and a brick hearth.

Saint Eligius in his smithy

1588

Painting of a kneeling saint in prayer as an executioner raises a sword, with a nude body and Roman soldiers nearby.

The death of Saints Cosmas and Damian

1573

Painting of Christ holding a chalice at a table with apostles in colorful robes, beneath a patterned carpet and hanging lamps

The Last Supper

1573

Four-panel altarpiece with two standing saints and two scenes of surgery and martyrdom, one in a room and one outdoors.

Altarpiece of the Guild of the Barbers and Surgeons

Painting of Esther kneeling before King Ahasuerus in a royal interior with courtiers, a small dog, and a city view.

Esther and Ahasuerus

1600

Ambrosius Francken I (1540-1618) was a painter and designer from the Southern Netherlands. Ambrosius Francken I was born in Herentals and died in Antwerp. Browse 27 works by Ambrosius Francken I from 4 museums, free to download in HD. Source: Wikidata