Anthoni Schoonjans was a Flemish

Flanders

Flanders is the community of the Flemings but also one of the institutions in Belgium, and a geographical region located in parts of present-day Belgium, France and the Netherlands. "Flanders" can also refer to the northern part of Belgium that contains Brussels, Bruges, Ghent and Antwerp...

 painter

Painting

Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...

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Biography

He was born in Antwerp and became a pupil of Erasmus Quellinus II

Erasmus Quellinus II

Erasmus Quellinus II was a Flemish Baroque painter specializing in architectural perspective studies. He worked in the studio of Peter Paul Rubens.-Biography:He was born in Antwerp as the son of Erasmus Quellinus I and Elisabeth van Uden...

 and his son Jan-Erasmus Quellinus

Jan-Erasmus Quellinus

Jan-Erasmus Quellinus was a Flemish Baroque painter of large altarpieces and histories influenced by Paolo Veronese and his father Erasmus Quellinus the Younger.-Biography:...

. He travelled to Rome and like his teachers had done before him, joined the Bentvueghels

Bentvueghels

The Bentvueghels were a society of mostly Dutch and Flemish artists active in Rome from about 1620 to 1720. They are also known as the Schildersbent .-Activities:...

 with the nickname "Parrhasius" in 1674. In Rome he lived with Carel de Vogelaer

Carel de Vogelaer

Carel de Vogelaer was a Dutch still life painter of the Baroque period primarily active in Italy.-Biography:...

 in the via Margutta and later he lived from 1688-89 in the Corso, near the via di Ripetta. In 1695 he became court painter in Vienna, where he later died. During the course of his lengthy career he also worked in Antwerp, Riems, Lyon, Amsterdam, the Hague, Brno, Dusseldorf, Copenhagen, and Berlin. He is known for portraits and historical allegories, and was the teacher of Georg Gsell

Georg Gsell

Georg Gsell was a Swiss Baroque painter, art consultant and art dealer. Was recruited by Peter the Great in 1716 and went to Russia...

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