Art, literature & historyGaspar de Crayer
1584–1669
Selected artwork
Portrait of an eminent lady
c. 1629
Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
Other names (71)
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Biography
Gaspar de Crayer or Jasper de Crayer (18 November 1584 – 27 January 1669) was a Flemish painter known for his many Counter-Reformation altarpieces and portraits. He was a court painter to the governors of the Southern Netherlands and worked in the principal cities of Flanders where he helped spread the Rubens style.
Gaspar de Crayer was born in Antwerp as the son of Gaspard de Crayer the Elder, a decorative painter, illuminator and art dealer. His mother Christina van Abshoven or Apshoven descended from a family of painters who at the time enjoyed some fame, but whose work is barely known now. Rather than stay in Antwerp, he looked for opportunity in the capital Brussels. He is believed to have studied under Raphael Coxie, the court painter of the governors of the Spanish Netherlands Albert VII, Archduke of Austria and Isabella Clara Eugenia.
He became a master in the Brussels Guild of Saint Luke in 1607. He was a dean of the Guild from 1611 to 1616 and was a member of the Brussels City Council in 1626–1627. He remained in Brussels until 1664.
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Documented holdings of works attributed to Gaspar de Crayer. Check the museum’s record for current display information.
- Museo Nacional del Prado10 recorded works
- musée des beaux-arts — Lille3 recorded works
- musée des Beaux-Arts — Valenciennes3 recorded works
- Musée de Grenoble2 recorded works
- Musée du Louvre2 recorded works
- Academy of Fine Arts Vienna1 recorded work
- musée des Augustins — Toulouse1 recorded work
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art1 recorded work