Francina Margaretha van Huysum
Francina Margaretha van Huysum (1707 – 1789), was an 18th-century flower painter from the Northern Netherlands.
Biography
She was born in Amsterdam as the daughter of Jan van Huysum and probably assisted him with his work.[2] In the 20 page biography of her father written by Jan van Gool, the only woman mentioned is Margaretha Haverman who Van Gool claimed had been allowed to become his only pupil "under false pretenses".[3] This indicates that Van Huysum was willing to let female relatives of family and friends assist him but avoided the help of male pupils for fear of revealing his technique and creating competition.
According to the RKD Francina's works have been formerly attributed to her father Jan and her uncle Michiel and were only in 2006 reattributed to her by Sam Segal.[2] She died in Amsterdam.
References
- ↑ Painting record in the RKD
- 1 2 Francina Margaretha van Huysum in the RKD
- ↑ Biography of Johannes van Huysum in Johan van Gool's "De nieuwe Schouburg der Nederlantsche Kunstschilders en Schilderessen"
- Paintings by Francina Margaretha van Huysum at the Art UK site
- Francina Margaretha van Huysum on Artnet
- De verleiding van Flora: Jan van Huysum, 1682-1749, Catalogue of 2006 exhibition in Museum Het Prinsenhof and in 2007 in the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, by Sam Segal, Mariël Ellens, Joris Dik, edited by Marga Schoemaker-van Weeszenburg and Agnes Wiechman, Waanders, Zwolle, 2006, ISBN 904008260X
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