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Frans Geffels

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Nationality
  
Flemish

Movement
  
Baroque

Died
  
1694, Antwerp, Belgium


Role
  
Painter

Name
  
Frans Geffels

Structures
  
San Martino, Mantua

Frans Geffels

Born
  
1625
Antwerp

Known for
  
Battle Painting, Architecture

Patron(s)
  
House of Gonzaga, Mantua

Frans Geffels (1624–1694) was a Flemish painter and architect of Baroque style active mainly in Mantua.

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He appears to have been recruited to Mantua in 1659, by his contemporary Daniel van Dyck. He soon gained the post of prefect to the duchal studio of Charles II Gonzaga.

Architectural works in Mantua

  • Church of San Martino
  • House of the Rabbi, 1680
  • Palazzo Sordi, 1680
  • Palazzo Valenti Gonzaga, concluded renovation in 1677
  • Paintings

  • Portrait of Ferdinando Carlo Gonzaga di Nevers, Palazzo d'Arco, Mantua
  • Battle of Kahlenberg 1683, Museum der Stadt Wien, Vienna
  • Altarpiece of Christian Doctrine in church of San Martino (Mantua)
  • Frescoes in Palazzo Valenti-Gonzaga in Mantua
  • References

    Frans Geffels Wikipedia