Jan Frans van Son
Jan Frans van Son (16 August 1658, Antwerp – 1704-1711, London) was a Flemish Baroque painter.
Biography
According to Weyerman he died of grief over the loss of his daughter.[1] When Weyerman moved to London, Van Son had recently died.[1] Weyerman took over his unfinished flower paintings and sketches and finished painting them, which were of excellent quality and some of which were 8 or nine feet high.[1]
According to the RKD he was the son of the flower painter Joris van Son, who died before he could teach him to paint, so young Jan Frans became the pupil of Jan Pauwel Gillemans the Elder.[2] He signed his works "J van Son" or "JF van Son" and moved to London, probably after the death of Gillemans in 1675.[2] He influenced Gilliam Dandoy.[2]
He obtained a lucrative patronage through his marriage with a niece of the king's serjeant-painter, Robert Streater. He was also patronised by Charles Robartes, earl of Radnor, who had a great number of Van Son's paintings in his house in St. James's Square. He lived for some time in Long Acre, but finally in St. Albans Street, St. James's, where he died about 1718. He sometimes introduced his own portrait into his paintings.
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References
- 1 2 3 (Dutch) Jan Frans van Son Biography, p 282 in De levens-beschryvingen der Nederlandsche konst-schilders (Volume 3, 1729) by Jacob Campo Weyerman, on Google Books
- 1 2 3 Jan Frans van Son in the RKD
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Van Son, Jan Frans". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.