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Frans Francken the Younger

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Painting of a kneeling king offering incense to an idol before courtiers and women, with a garden pavilion in the background.

The Idolatry of Solomon

1622

Crowded painting of beggars receiving bread from a table, with a radiant figure in clouds above and a city street behind.

The Acts of Mercy

1608

Painting of a ruler gesturing to a statue on a pedestal while courtiers and bearded men react in a crowded classical setting.

Emperor Diocletian shows the image of Aesculapius

1624

Triptych-style painting with robed figures before a statue, flanking panels showing soldiers, an angel, and fallen bodies.

The History of the Four Crowned

1624

Still life of a cabinet of curiosities with framed paintings, shells, coins, a seahorse, and a flower vase on a table.

A Collection

1619

Sepia painting of stonemasons carving stone blocks in a classical building yard, with a sculpted head at left.

The Four Crowned at work

1624

Interior with a seated couple, a parrot, a monkey, and many framed paintings and sculptures on the walls.

The Collection of paintings of Sebastiaan Leerse

Painting of nude bodies lying in the foreground while spear-carrying soldiers look down from rocks under a stormy sky.

Martyrdom of Four Crowned

1624

Seated king in red robes gestures to a green-cloaked man before a crowd, with gold vessels on a table and a pyre in the dista

Solon und Krösus

1630

Painting of the Crucifixion with three crosses, mourners below, armored soldiers with spears, and a dark stormy sky.

Die Kreuzigung Christi

1600

Painting of a crowd of soldiers and onlookers around a man carrying a cross on a rocky hill under a stormy sky.

Die Heilige Veronika reicht Christus das Schweißtuch

1610

Landscape painting of steep rocky cliffs and a river valley, with a group of small figures gathered on the path below.

The Miraculous Rescue of Maximilian of Austria

Painting of witches around a cauldron in a cluttered interior with skulls, owls, and creatures, village in background.

Hexenküche

1610

Painting of a seated woman and an elderly woman beside a fruit tree, with a garden, cottage and windmill in the background.

Vertumne et Pomone

1600

Two warriors duel with swords in an arena while armored soldiers and a crowd watch, with bodies on the ground and a city behi

Eteocles and Polynices

Painting of a flogging scene with a red-capped man in the foreground and two angels above a crowd near a wooden post.

Flogging of the Four crowned

1624

Painting of a crowded church where pilgrims kneel and pray around a tomb, with a lit altar in the arched background.

Miraculous Events at the Grave of Saint Bruno the Carthuisian

1630

Painting of Neptune and Amphitrite with sea gods, nymphs and hippocampi in stormy waves beside a rocky coast.

Neptune and Amphitrite

1600

Painting of a bearded man in red robes gesturing toward a scaffolded tower with workers and a dog in the foreground.

The Tower of Babel

Allegorical 1628 painting by Frans Francken the Younger with a nude statue on a sphere, painters, musicians and garden scener

Allegory of the occasion

1628

Religious painting of the Virgin and Christ Child with infant John the Baptist, a lamb, a bishop, and onlookers under a dove.

Allegory of the Christ Child as the Lamb of God

1616

Allegorical painting of Neptune and sea gods before an emperor on a throne, with courtiers, banners and kneeling figures.

Allegory on the Abdication of Emperor Charles V in Brussels

1635

Banquet scene with a lute player and elegant company, surrounded by small narrative vignettes of village and church scenes.

De geschiedenis van de verloren zoon

1600

Interior of a 17th-century art gallery with men examining paintings, a seated woman, a parrot, and a boy carrying a canvas.

A visit to the Art Dealer

1636

Painting of a crowned woman in gold and red giving coins to a clamoring group of beggars before a town street.

Allegory of Generosity

Painted flower garland framing an octagonal panel of the Adoration of the Shepherds, with the Virgin and Christ Child at cent

Garland of Flowers with Adoration of the Shepherds

c. 1625/1630

Interior of an elegant room with two seated women in black, children playing with dogs, and paintings on the walls.

Interior, called "Rubens' salon"

Painting of a bearded king on a throne receiving a kneeling queen amid courtiers, gold vessels, and attendants.

King Solomon Receiving the Queen of Sheba

1620

Painting of a bearded man bound to an X-shaped cross surrounded by a crowd, soldiers, mothers and children under a stormy sky

The Crucifixion of St. Andrew

1620

Painting of Christ carrying the cross along a rocky road, with soldiers, a crowd, and kneeling women under a stormy sky.

Road to Calvary

1617

Crowded painting of nude damned figures falling among chained demons and flames toward hell, by Frans Francken the Younger.

The Damned being cast into Hell

1605

Oil painting of Lot with his daughters feasting in a cave as a city burns in the distance under a smoky sky.

Lot and his daughters (Genesis 19:30-38)

Painting of an allegorical cave scene with nude women, a hermit reading, a large globe and a burning town, in a painted borde

The Temptation of St. Anthony

1600

Courtly ball scene with a dancing couple, musicians with a lute, and elegantly dressed onlookers in a richly decorated hall.

The Ball

1610

Wide landscape painting of a forest with women on a path, a winged figure in the sky, and a deer at right.

Landscape with Mercury and Herse

1635

Painting of the Marriage at Cana showing Christ beside servants filling jars, with a wedding feast under gold-patterned drape

Marriage at Cana

1630

Painting of a cluttered collector's cabinet with shells, coins, framed landscapes, insects, a roast bird and an open book.

The Cabinet of a Collector

1617

Painting of monkeys dressed as cooks working in a busy kitchen with fish, crabs, poultry and a glowing fireplace.

Monkeys in the Kitchen

1620

Painting of a woman in gold holding a platter with a severed head as a half-naked man with a sword stands among armed soldier

Salome Receives the Head of St John the Baptist - Frans Francken d. J

1630

Painting of a lavish banquet indoors with richly dressed guests, a servant, and a poor figure outside in the courtyard.

Podobenstvo o boháčovi a Lazarovi

1615

Painting of a crowded biblical wedding feast with a haloed figure in red in the foreground and stone jars on the floor.

The Marriage at Cana

Painting of a crowded studio interior with a haloed Christ, floating angels, a crucifix and a woman painting at an easel.

Christ in the Studio (Pictura Sacra)

1616

Neptune and Amphitrite lead a sea procession of tritons, mermaids and hippocampi across churning water toward a rocky shore.

The Triumph of Neptune and Amphitrite

1630

Painted interior with an old bearded man in bed, a visitor in a fur cloak beside him, a child at the bedside, and religious i

The Visitation of the Sick from the Seven Acts of Mercy

1620

Painting of the Crucifixion with Christ center on a cross, two thieves flanking him, soldiers and crowds below a stormy sky.

Crucifixion (Matthew 27:35-38; Mark 15:24-28; Luke 23:33; John 19:18-20)

Painting of Christ carrying the cross through a crowd of soldiers and riders, with rocky hills and a city behind.

Le Christ montant au Calvaire

Painting of a crowned, nude Christ figure displayed before a crowd, with a golden banner and a tower behind.

Ecce Homo

Painting of robed bishops presenting a purple cloth in a church, with a crowned armored man and a kneeling figure in red.

De presentatie van de heilige tuniek van Maria

Painting of the mocking of Christ, with Evangelist medallions, a crucifixion, and skeleton and demon figures below.

Mocking of Christ surrounded by images of the Evangelists and scenes from the Passion of Christ

Painting of God the Father holding the dead Christ, with the Holy Spirit dove above and angels holding the cross, column and

Holy Trinity (Throne of Grace)

1610

Painting of a kneeling penitent woman with long hair beside a skull and crucifix on a table in a dark cave.

Mary Magdalene repenting

Oil painting of a haloed figure seated at a lavish banquet with guests, servants and a fireplace in an interior.

The Feast in the house of Simon

1630

Painting of a crowded art cabinet with landscapes, shells, sculptures, coins and a portrait on display.

Chamber of Art and Curiosities

1636

Interior scene of elegantly dressed people dining at a laden table, with busts, paintings, a parrot, and servants.

Supper at the House of Burgomaster Rockox

1630

Painting of beggars receiving alms before a grand arched building, with a clergy procession carrying a coffin in the distance

De werken van barmhartigheid

Still life painting of striped tulips and irises in an ornate glass vase, with a butterfly and ladybug on a ledge.

Vase with Tulips

1620

Oil painting of the Adoration of the Magi with the Virgin and Christ Child, kneeling king, armoured soldier and crowd.

Adoration of the Magi (Matthew 2:10-11)

1612

Painting of the crucified Christ with kneeling Mary and red-robed figure, framed by small Passion scenes and instruments.

Calvary

Painting of Christ carrying the cross through a crowd of soldiers and mourners, with crucifixions on a distant hill.

De calvarie

1600

Painting of armored soldiers attacking fleeing peasants in a landscape, with a burning village on a hill behind them.

Allegory of War

1608

Oval flower garland framing an octagonal panel of the Adoration of the Shepherds with the Virgin and infant Christ.

Garland of Flowers with Adoration of the Shepherds

1625

Painting of richly dressed men in a treasure-filled interior with gold vessels, a crowd, and a pyre in the distance.

L'histoire de Crésus et de Solon

Oil painting of a banquet where a haloed Christ gestures toward a kneeling woman beside a laden table.

Christ and Simon the Pharisee

Painting of the Adoration of the Magi with Mary and the Christ child surrounded by kneeling kings, attendants and soldiers at

Adoration of the Magi

Painting of a seated merchant in a red hat watching a skeleton play violin beside an hourglass in an arched room.

Death and a Merchant

1600

Brown wash drawing of an artist's studio with a painter at an easel, assistant at right, and paintings covering the walls.

An Artist's Studio [recto]