Antoon Claeissens

Anthuenis, or Antoon Claeissens, Claessens, or Claeissins (c.1536 – 18 January 1613) was the son of Pieter Claes the elder and painted historical and allegorical subjects, and portraits.
He was a native of Bruges and became a pupil of Pieter Pourbus. <br>
He entered the Bruges Guild of Saint Luke in 1575, and became its dean in 1586, 1590, and 1601. <br>
His works, several of which are in the Hôtel-de-Ville and churches of Bruges, are distinguished by their fine colouring and finish. <br>
In the Hotel-de-Ville is a 'Grand Banquet' with many portraits of magistrates of the time, dated 1574. <br>
He died in 1613.
His son, Pieter Anthonie, was dean of the Guild of St. Luke at Bruges in 1607, and died in 1608.
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