Jan philips van thielen biography
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17th Century Flemish
Painter of religious works, figures and still lifes, specialised in flowers.
Van Thielen was the son of a nobleman, and eventually took up the title of Lord of Couwenberch. At the age of thirteen he started training with his brother-in-law, the history painter Theodoor Rombouts (), and in he furthered his training with the flower painter Daniel Seghers (), who was wrongly attributed with some flower vases actually made bygd Van Thielen. His reputation as an artist was such that he enjoyed the protection of the Spanish crown. His three daughters also specialised in flower painting.
Around , Van Thielen was made master of the Guild of Saint Luke in Antwerp, and in of the guild in Mechelen. He created many works in collaboration with other artists including Erasmus Quellinus II, Nicolas de Largillière, Frans Francken the Younger, Cornelis Schut and Cornelis van Poelenburch, where he painted the floral garlands around the composition of figur
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Biography
Flemish painter. He was the son of a minor nobleman by the name of Liebrecht van Thielen. Jan Philip would eventually assume his father's title of Lord of Couwenberch. His mother was Anna Rigouts or Rigouldts. He signed some of his paintings with his mother's name.
He left his native Mechelen for Antwerp where in or he started his training as a painter with his brother-in-law Theodoor Rombouts. In he married Francisca de Hemelaer, and through his marriage he was the brother-in-law of Erasmus Quellinus II. Quellinus drew Van Thielens's portrait that was engraved by Richard Collin (c. c. ) for Cornelis de Bie's book of artist biographies Het Gulden Cabinet.
Because he liked flower painting he changed masters in and began training with Daniel Seghers, the leading flower painter in Flanders. He became a master in the Antwerp Guild of Saint Luke in In he moved with his family to his hometown Mechelen where he became a master in the local Guild of Saint Luke the next year
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Jan Philip van Thielen
Flemish painter (–)
Jan Philip van Thielen or Jan Philips van Thielen[1] ( in Mechelen &#; in Booischot) was a Flemish painter who specialized in flower pieces and garland paintings. He was a regular collaborator with leading Flemish and Dutch figure painters of his time. Van Thielen was the most popular flower painter in Flanders and his patrons included Diego Felipez de Guzmán, 1st Marquis of Leganés and Leopold Wilhelm of Austria, the art-loving governor of the Spanish Netherlands.[2]
Life
[edit]Van Thielen was born in Mechelen as the son of a minor nobleman by the name of Liebrecht van Thielen. Jan Philip would eventually assume his father's title of Lord of Couwenberch. His mother was Anna Rigouts or Rigouldts. He signed some of his paintings with the names of Couwenberg and Rigouldts in his signature, to point to his noble status.[3]
He left his native Mechelen for Antwerp where in or he started his training