Anthoni Schoonjans
Anthoni Schoonjans (* 1655 ; † August 13, 1726 ) was a Flemish painter .
Life
He was born in Ninove and studied under Erasmus Quellinus II and his son Jan Erasmus Quellinus in Antwerp . On the occasion of a trip to Rome he joined the Bentvueghels , the group of local Dutch and Flemish artists; since 1674 he was also known by the nickname Parrhasius . In Rome he lived with Carel de Vogelaer in Via Margutta; from 1688 to 1689 he lived on Corso, near Via di Ripetta. In 1695 he became court painter in Vienna. His last secured work is a descent from the cross for the “noble women's closter of the Salesian women” founded in 1717 on Rennweg in Vienna.
The scant news that is available from Schoonjan's last years strongly suggest that the painter lived withdrawn in Perchtoldsdorf . Works by him in and around Vienna are in St. Stephen's Cathedral , the collegiate church of the Neukloster (Wiener Neustadt) and in Weikersdorf . He is also represented by his paintings in Antwerp, Riems, Lyon, Amsterdam, The Hague, Brno, Düsseldorf, Copenhagen and Berlin. A painting by the artist of St. Stephen adorns the high altar of the parish church of Ottnang am Hausruck (Upper Austria). Especially his portrait and history painting is known in professional circles. He was Georg Gsell's teacher .
gallery
Narcissus
Cleopatra puts a pearl in the wine (story by Pliny the Elder of Cleopatra's bet with mark Antony), 1706
literature
Gregor Gatscher-Riedl: "He was a strange man and couldn't stay anywhere long". The Flemish painter Anton Schoonjans and Perchtoldsdorf. In: Local history supplement [to the official gazette of the district authority Mödling], Volume 47, F. 4, (Mödling December 5, 2012), pp. 25–28.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Anthon Schoonjans
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schoonjans, Anthoni |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schoonjans, Antonius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Flemish painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1655 |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 13, 1726 |