Louis Finson
Louis Finson (1580 or 1575–1617), also known as Ludovicus Finsonius, was a Flemish painter.[1]
Biography
Finson was born in Bruges. His father, Jacques Finson, was a painter.
He first visited Italy,[2] where he became one of the first Flemish Caravaggisti, then Spain and France, especially Provence. Martin Hermann Faber, a German painter and an imitator, joined him there. (Marseille, Aix and Arles). A number of his paintings are still to be found in Provence.
Finson, who enjoyed much success during his lifetime, primarily painted on religious themes; he produced a number of altarpieces. He also was an art dealer; he notably owned two paintings by Caravaggio, one of them being the Madonna of the Rosary, now in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.
Finson died in Amsterdam in 1617.[3]
Gallery
- Paintings by Louis Finson
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La résurrection de Lazare (1613)
Church of Saint-Mathieu
Château-Gombert (Marseille) -
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Lapidation de saint Étienne
Church of St. Trophime
Arles -
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Gaspard du Laurens en roi Gaspard
Church of St. Trophime
Arles
References
- ^ Oxford Grove Art; see http://www.answers.com/topic/louis-finson-1
- ^ http://balat.kikirpa.be/Detail_notice.php?id=2291
- ^ Montias, John Michael (2002). Art at Auction in 17th Century Amsterdam. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press. p. 144. ISBN 9789053565919.
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