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Sebastian Vrancx (1573-1647)

• Was a Flemish Baroque painter and draughtsman.
• He was born in Antwerp.
• He was an apprentice in the workshop of Adam van Noort.
• Vrancx was a member of the chamber of rhetoric the Violieren, which was linked to the Guild of Saint Luke.
• Vrancx is known for his battle scenes, a genre that he pioneered in Netherlandish painting.
Peter Paul Rubens is known to have owned a battle scene by the artist.
• The pupils of Vrancx included Peter Snayers.
• He was a gifted figure painter who was regularly invited to paint the staffage in compositions of fellow painters. 
• The displayed painting is a crop from: Sebastian Vrancx, Raid on a Wagon, ca. 1612.
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