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with whom she had eleven children. Her mother was Sara
Goetkint, the daughter of Peter Goetkint the Elder, also a painter and the second teacher of Jan Brueghel the Elder, the father of her husband. Her exact date of birth is unknown but in a legal document of 1651, she is mentioned as having been 42
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It is unclear whether she still worked as a painter after her marriage and the birth of her first children. Apart from the fact that she is not documented as a painter, in the early modern period, most female artists in
Flanders with a serious career remained childless and the majority even remained
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Kunst en
Kunstenaars. Notities betreffende beeldhouwers, geelgieters, tafereelmakers, tapijtwevers, borduurders, schilders. Met bijlagen over opleidings- en arbeidscontracten, kunstinventarissen, kunsthandel, beeldekensafzetters en
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Also, the style of the flowers does not correspond with the way the fully signed bouquet is rendered, as also observed by Dr. Fred G. Meijer. Moreover, the painting appears to follow a composition from the studio of
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https://www.bonhams.com/auction/24650/lot/62/workshop-of-jan-brueghel-the-younger-antwerp-1601-1678-an-extensive-bouquet-of-mixed-spring-and-summer-flowers-in-a-wooden-tub-beside-a-squirrel/
363:, 2 vols., Leiden and Boston 2020, part I, p. 329, note 162: ‘’Hairs states erroneously Anna Maria Janssens became a master of the Antwerp Guild of Saint Luke in 1640.’’ See also Hairs,
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years old at the time, which would put her birth in c. 1609, rather than c. 1605, as suggested earlier. That would mean that she married young, around 17 years old.
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continued to paint and produce commissions throughout het marriage and adult life. She had 10 children, comparable to Anna Maria
Janssens who had 11 children.
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No contemporary document refers to the daughter of
Abraham Janssens/wife of Jan Brueghel the Younger as ‘painter’ and she was not registered as member of the
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noted in 1985, and more recently Fred G. Meijer in 2013, these flowers are reminiscent of the work of another
Flemish still-life painter,
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of which an example is in the Musée de Louvre, Paris. The same can be said of a second work,
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Recently, two more paintings in the art trade were associated with Anna
Janssens. The first,
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Dutch and
Flemish Flower Pieces. Paintings, Drawings and Prints up to the Nineteenth Century
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Frans Francken the Younger, Studio of Jan Brueghel the Younger and Anna Maria Janssens(?),
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Extensive bouquet of mixed spring and summer flowers in a wooden tub beside a squirrel
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Garland of flowers around a medaillon with the Holy Family and a music making angel
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Garland of flowers around a medaillon with the Holy Family and a music making angel
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A Dictionary of Dutch and Flemish Still-life Painters Working in Oils, 1525-1725
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A Dictionary of Dutch and Flemish Still-life Painters Working in Oils, 1525-1725
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She is generally identified as the painter of a signed but undated painting,
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De Liggeren en andere historische archieven der Antwerpsche Sint Lucasgilde
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Dutch and Flemish flower and fruit painters of the 17th and 18th centuries
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Fred G. Meijer, "Janssens, Anna (Anna Maria)”, in: Sauer/De Gruyter,
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Frans Francken the Younger and Studio of Jan Brueghel the Younger,
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Studio of Jan Brueghel the Younger or Anna Maria Janssens(?),
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Allgemeines Künstler Lexikon. Band 77: Izaguirre-Jerace
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https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010066364
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Allgemeines Künstler Lexikon. Band 77: Izaguirre-Jerace
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https://quintessenceblog.com/tefaf-new-york-fall-2018/
536:, 2 vols., Leiden and Boston 2020, part I, page 329
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344:Les peintres Flamands de fleurs au XVIIe siècle
415:(note 4). Also mentioned by Van den Branden,
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251:The Holy Family in a garland of flowers
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33:Still life of flowers in a glass vase
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117:(circa 1609 – 1668) may have been a
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173:Maria Theresia van Thielen
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159:unmarried, for instance
130:Jan Brueghel the Younger
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565:Flemish women painters
169:Jan Philip van Thielen
560:Painters from Antwerp
146:Alexander Adriaenssen
35:, 100 x 67 cm, signed
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342:Marie-Louise Hairs,
466:Inv. no. 1412, see
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443:op. cit.
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275:Liggeren
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119:Flemish
93:Philips
89:Abraham
68:Painter
60:Flemish
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103:Father
95:, and
73:Spouse
49:Died
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