Pauwels Franck (1540–1596)

• Known in Italy as Paolo Fiammingo and Paolo Franceschi.
• Was a Flemish painter, who, after training in Antwerp, was active in Venice for most of his life.
• He became a member of the Antwerp Guild of Saint Luke in 1561.

• It is believed that he was born around 1540 based on a Venetian report of 1648 which states that he died at the age of 56.

• He is recorded in Venice from 1573 but was likely an assistant in Tintoretto's workshop there already in the 1560s.

• Around 1565 he made large paintings in the new sala dei Dogi, after the old one had been destroyed by fire.

• From 1584 to his death the artist was registered at the painter's guild of Venice.

• He opened a successful studio in Venice, which received commissions from all over Europe.

• He worked for international patrons including Hans Fugger, the heir of a German banking dynasty.

• He died in Venice on 20 December 1596.

• Paolo Fiammingo painted landscapes with many religious scenes but is mainly known for his allegorical and mythological scenes.

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