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Jacob Huysmans
Flemish portrait painter (d. 1696)
Portrait of Queen Catharine
Jacob Huysmans[1] (c. 1633–1696) was a Flemish portrait painter who, after training in his native Antwerp, immigrated to England before the Restoration. He became a feted court painter and attracted the patronage of the Portuguese born queen Catherine of Braganza, a Catholic like himself, of whom he painted several portraits.[2] With his exuberant style, he was during his lifetime regarded as an important rival of the court painter Peter Lely who favored a more sober treatment of his sitters.[3][4][5]
^Also known as: Jacob Houseman, Jacob Huisman, Jacob Huysman
^Oliver Millar. "Huysmans, Jacob." Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press. Web. 2 July 2017
^Clarissa Campbell Orr, Queenship in Britain, 1660-1837: Royal Patronage, Court Culture, and Dynastic Politics, Manchester University Press, 2002, pp. 60–61