Arts and Sciences

Circle of Frank Francken. While the artist's esthetic is in keeping with the straightforward representations of the Francken family, Stalbemt displays more intellectual ambition by offering a message with political content, here. The two central figures contemplate a painting recalling the destruction of artworks by Protestants in the late sixteenth century. A painting on the wall in the background shows Minerva and Fame saving Painting from the attack of another figure who represents Ignorance. These are allusions to how Science and the Arts were protected in the Catholic Low Countries but no... Mehr ...