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Name
  
Jan Horemans

Children
  
Jan Josef Horemans II

Died
  
1790, Antwerp, Belgium

Jan Josef Horemans

Jan Josef Horemans the Elder (1682 – 1759), was an 18th-century painter from the Southern Netherlands.

Biography

He was born in Antwerp and became the pupil of the painter Jan van Pee and the sculptor Michiel Frans van der Voort. In 1706 he became master in the Antwerp Guild of St. Luke as a pupil of the sculptor Van der Voort. The next year he married his teacher's daughter Maria-Francisca. Their son Jan Josef II and his younger brother Pieter Jacob also became painters. He is known for portraits, genre works, and historical allegories. He died in Antwerp.

References

Jan Josef Horemans Wikipedia