Frans Floris Head Studies. Frans Floris, Frans Floris the Elder or Frans Floris de Vriendt was a Flemish painter, draughtsman, print artist and tapestry designer.
He is mainly known for his history paintings, allegorical scenes and portraits. He played an important role in the movement in Northern Renaissance painting referred to as Romanism.
The Romanists had typically travelled to Italy to study the works of leading Italian High Renaissance artists such as Michelangelo, Raphael and their followers. Their art assimilated these Italian influences into the Northern painting tradition.
Frans Floris was born in Antwerp. He was the scion of a prominent artist family which originally went with the name de Vriendt'.
The earliest known ancestors of the Floris de Vriendt family, then still called only de Vriendt', were residents of Brussels where they practiced the craft of stonemason and stonecutter which was passed on from father to son. One of Frans' ancestors became in 1406 a master of the Brussels stonemasons guild. A family member, Jan Florisz. de Vriendt, left his native Brussels and settled in Antwerp in the mid-15th century. His patronymic name Floris' became the common family name in subsequent generations. The original form de Vriendt' can, however, still be found in official documents until the late 16th century. Frans' brothers were prominent artists. The most famous one is Cornelis who was an archi
He is mainly known for his history paintings, allegorical scenes and portraits. He played an important role in the movement in Northern Renaissance painting referred to as Romanism.
The Romanists had typically travelled to Italy to study the works of leading Italian High Renaissance artists such as Michelangelo, Raphael and their followers. Their art assimilated these Italian influences into the Northern painting tradition.
Frans Floris was born in Antwerp. He was the scion of a prominent artist family which originally went with the name de Vriendt'.
The earliest known ancestors of the Floris de Vriendt family, then still called only de Vriendt', were residents of Brussels where they practiced the craft of stonemason and stonecutter which was passed on from father to son. One of Frans' ancestors became in 1406 a master of the Brussels stonemasons guild. A family member, Jan Florisz. de Vriendt, left his native Brussels and settled in Antwerp in the mid-15th century. His patronymic name Floris' became the common family name in subsequent generations. The original form de Vriendt' can, however, still be found in official documents until the late 16th century. Frans' brothers were prominent artists. The most famous one is Cornelis who was an archi
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