Franciscus or Frans de Neve (1606, Antwerp – 1681, Antwerp), was a Flemish Baroque painter.

Biography

According to Houbraken he received praise while in Rome for his ability to paint according to nature. Houbraken quoted from a poem about him on page 349 of Cornelis de Bie

Cornelis de Bie

Cornelis de Bie was a Brabant rederijker, poet, jurist and minor politician from Lier.He is the author of about 64 works, mostly comedies...

's book Het Gulden Cabinet

Het Gulden Cabinet

The Golden Cabinet of the Noble Free Art of Painting, or Het Gulden Cabinet vande Edel Vry Schilder-Const, as it was originally known in Dutch, is a series of artist biographies and panegyrics with engraved portraits written by the 17th century notary and rederijker Cornelis de Bie...

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According to the RKD in 1629 he became a master in the Guild of St. Luke and from 1660-1666 he travelled to Rome, where he lived first with Karel van Mander III, in 1661-1662 with Hieronymus Galle

Hieronymus Galle

Hieronymus Galle was a Flemish Baroque still-life painter, specializing in fruit and flowers.-Biography:According to the RKD he learned to paint from Abraham Hack, who also taught his contemporary, Jan van den Hecke. He joined the Antwerp Guild of St. Luke in 1636, and became master in 1645-46...

and in 1665-1666 with Lodewijk Snaijers.