Philip Fruytiers [SEP] place of death
Philip Fruytiers
Philip Fruytiers (alternative spellings: Philip Fruijtiers, Philip Fruitiers) (1610 in Antwerp – 1666 in Antwerp) was a Flemish Baroque painter and engraver. Until the 1960s, he was especially known for some miniature portraits in watercolor and gouache. Since then, several large canvases signed with the monogram PHF have been ascribed to him. These new findings have led to a renewed appreciation for his contribution to the Antwerp Baroque.
Life.
Details about his life are scarce. He was the son of Jan
inventory of the estate of Rubens in 1641 and on which at the time the price of the frame and glass was still owing. The accepted view of Philip Fruytiers as principally a miniaturist and watercolorist was based partially on the descriptions in the early biographical works by Cornelis de Bie and Arnold Houbraken. Although Cornelis de Bie mentioned that Fruytiers also painted altarpieces, the only known works by his hand until the 1960s were works on paper or vellum. As a result, the established view about the nature of his work was not challenged