Victor Honore Janssens. Victor Honorius Janssens or Victor Honoré Janssens was a Flemish painter of religious and mythological works and a tapestry designer.
He spent a substantial period of his career abroad and worked in Germany, Italy, Vienna and London. He was court painter of Emperor Charles VI of Austria in Vienna.
He is mainly known for his mythological and history paintings. Janssens was born in Brussels as the son of a tailor.
He studied design and was entered as a pupil in the register of the Brussels Guild of Saint Luke in 1675. After working in the studio of Lancelot Volders, he spent some time in the district of Oldenburg.
Here he was the court painter to Joachim Frederick, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön. The Duke allowed him to visit Italy in 1681. Janssens stayed for about nine years in Italy and visited the main capitals of the country to study the masters. It has been assumed that Janssens befriended the Dutch painter of landscapes and seascapes Pieter Mulier the younger in Rome and that he painted the figures in his landscapes. The scholar M. Röthlisberger-Bianco has rejected this assumption. While in Napels, Janssens obtained a major commission to paint a large altarpiece for the church of the Jesuits. The artist returned in 1689 to Brussels and was admitted to the local Guild of St Luke on 12 August 1689. The next year he applied for permission to work as a cartoon pain
He spent a substantial period of his career abroad and worked in Germany, Italy, Vienna and London. He was court painter of Emperor Charles VI of Austria in Vienna.
He is mainly known for his mythological and history paintings. Janssens was born in Brussels as the son of a tailor.
He studied design and was entered as a pupil in the register of the Brussels Guild of Saint Luke in 1675. After working in the studio of Lancelot Volders, he spent some time in the district of Oldenburg.
Here he was the court painter to Joachim Frederick, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön. The Duke allowed him to visit Italy in 1681. Janssens stayed for about nine years in Italy and visited the main capitals of the country to study the masters. It has been assumed that Janssens befriended the Dutch painter of landscapes and seascapes Pieter Mulier the younger in Rome and that he painted the figures in his landscapes. The scholar M. Röthlisberger-Bianco has rejected this assumption. While in Napels, Janssens obtained a major commission to paint a large altarpiece for the church of the Jesuits. The artist returned in 1689 to Brussels and was admitted to the local Guild of St Luke on 12 August 1689. The next year he applied for permission to work as a cartoon pain
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