Sebastiaen Vrancx
(1573-1647)
Flemish painter
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Sebastiaen Vrancx, Sebastiaan Vrancx or Sebastian Vranckx (22 January 1573 – 19 May 1647) was a Flemish Baroque painter, draughtsman and designer of prints who is mainly known for his battle scenes, a genre that he pioneered in Netherlandish painting. He also created landscapes with mythological and allegorical scenes, scenes with robbers, village scenes and celebrations in cities. He was a gifted figure painter who was regularly invited to paint the staffage in compositions of fellow painters. As an active member of a local chamber of rhetoric, he wrote comedies and a number of poems. He was further captain of the Antwerp civil militia schutterij.
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22 January 1573
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19 May 1647 (aged 74)
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| Zodiac | Aquarius |
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