Hieronymus Francken the Younger (1578 – 1623)

• Was a Flemish painter.
• Hieronymus Francken II was the son of Elisabeth Mertens and Frans Francken the Elder.
• Hieronymus had three brothers who were painters: Thomas, Frans II and Ambrosius II.

• Hieronymus received his first training from his father.

• He was entered into the book of the Antwerp Guild of Saint Luke in 1605 as a pupil of his uncle Ambrosius I.

• In 1607 Hieronymus Francken II was formally admitted as a master of the Antwerp Guild.

• In 1609 he likely spent time in Paris, where like his brother Frans II, he may have studied under his uncle Hieronymus Francken I.

• Hieronymus Francken II returned to Antwerp where he spent the rest of his career.

• From 1616/17 he worked as "ionckmann" (bachelor) in the house of his father Frans Francken I.

• Hieronymus painted art galleries and Kunstkammer, genre scenes of elegant balls and dances, history paintings, monkey scenes, allegorical paintings and still lifes.

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