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Frans I Floris
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Born 1519 or 1520 • Antwerp • Belgium
Died October 1, 1570 • Antwerp • Belgium
Notable Family Members brother Cornelis II Floris

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Peter Paul Rubens: self-portrait
Peter Paul Rubens
Flemish artist
van Dyck, Anthony
Anthony van Dyck
Flemish painter
Pieter Bruegel the Elder: Peasant Dance
Pieter Bruegel, the Elder
Flemish artist
Rogier van der Weyden
Netherlandish painter
Hugo van der Goes
Flemish artist
still life by Clara Peeters
Clara Peeters
Flemish painter
Snyders, Frans: Interior of an Office
Frans Snyders
Flemish painter
Jean Clouet
French painter
Quentin Massys
Flemish artist
“The Annunciation,” oil on wood panel by Robert Campin; in the Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts, Brussels
Robert Campin
Flemish painter
David Teniers, the Younger
Flemish painter
Jacob Jordaens: A Merry Company
Jacob Jordaens
Flemish painter
Bartholomaeus Spranger
Dutch painter
Crayer, Caspar de: The Descent from the Cross
Caspar de Crayer
Flemish painter
Brouwer, Adriaen: Youth Making a Face
Adriaen Brouwer
Flemish painter
Orley, Bernard van: Banquet of the Children of Job
Bernard van Orley
Flemish painter
Bertholet Flémalle
Flemish painter
Gillis van Coninxloo
Flemish painter
Bruegel, Jan, the Elder; Francken, Hieronymus, II: The Archdukes Albert and Isabella Visiting the Collection of Pierre Roose
Jan Bruegel the Elder
Flemish painter
Abraham Janssens
Flemish painter

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