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HUYSMANS, CORNELIS, called Huysmans
of Mechlin, born in Antwerp, April
2, 1648, died
in Mechlin,
June 1, 1727.
Flemish
school; landscape
painter,
pupil of Kasper
de Witte in
Antwerp, and
of Jacques d'Arthois
in Brussels,
whence he went to Mechlin. Van der
Meulen, on a visit to Brussels, tried in vain
to attract him to the court of Louis XIV.,
but persuaded him to paint backgrounds
for his Environs of Luxembourg and Dinant,
now in the Louvre. Works: Woodland
with Château, National Gallery, London;
Landscapes in National Gallery, Edinburgh;
Louvre, Paris (5); Museums at
Berlin (3), Brunswick (2), Brussels, Cologne
(3), Dresden (2), Hanover, Nantes, New York
(3), Rouen, Stockholm, Stuttgart (4), Vienna
(2); Galleries at Augsburg, Carlsruhe (2),
Cassel (2), Copenhagen, Hamburg, Oldenburg,
Schleissheim (5), Schwerin; Old Pinakothek,
Munich (2); Historical Society,
New York (2); Hermitage, St. Petersburg
(2).—Ch. Blanc, École flamande; Gaz. des
B. Arts (1870), iii. 361; Immerzeel, ii. 69;
Kramm, iii. 777; Michiels, ix. 142; Neefs,
i. 508; Riegel, Beiträge, ii. 133; Rooses
(Reber), 414; Van den Branden, 1077.
HUYSMANS, JACOB, born in Antwerp
in 1656, died in London in 1696. Flemish
school; portrait and history painter, pupil
of Gilles Backereel, and completed his artistic
education in England, reign of Charles
II. Painted the most distinguished ladies
of the court. Works: Portrait of Queen
Katharina of Portugal, Buckingham Palace;
Portrait of Izaak Walton, National Gallery,
London; Lady Byron, Hampton Court;
Catharine of Braganza, Colonel W. Legg,
National Portrait Gallery, London; Altarpiece,
German chapel, St. James's.—Immerzeel,
ii. 69; Kramm, iii. 778; Redgrave,
223; Scharf, 420.
HUYSMANS, JAN BAPTIST, born in
Antwerp, baptized Oct. 7, 1654, died there,
July 14, 1716. Flemish school; landscape
painter, brother and pupil of Cornelis; master
of the Antwerp guild in 1676. His pictures
show even more elevated feeling for
nature than those of his brother, and were
often sold for Ruysdaels. Works: Great
Landscape (1697), Brussels Museum; Others,
Dijon Museum; Ruins of Corinthian
Temple (1695), Old Pinakothek, Munich.—Gaz.
des B. Arts (1870), 363, 366; Kunst-Chronik,
x. 683; Michiels, ix. 146, 150;
Rooses (Reber), 414; Van den Branden,
1078.
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HUYSUM, JAN VAN, born in Amsterdam,
April 15,
1682, died
there, Feb. 8,
1749. Dutch
school; flower
and fruit painter,
son and pupil
of Justus
van Huysum,
whom he assisted
in executing
various subjects, but his great talent for
flower and fruit painting caused him to devote
himself exclusively to this branch of
art, in which he formed himself after De Heem
and Mignon. Brilliant effects of light,
masterly drawing, high finish of detail.
Works: Vase with Flowers (1736-37), do.,
National Gallery, London; Bunches of
Flowers, Bridgewater Gallery; Rich Flower-Piece,
Fruit-Piece, Lord Ashburton; Bouquet,
Fruit-Piece, Mr. Hope's Collection;
Two, Dulwich Gallery; Landscape (1717),
do. (3), Flower and Fruit-pieces (6), Louvre,
Paris; Landscape, The Offering, Flowers
(1723), do., Fruit-pieces (2), Amsterdam
Museum; Landscapes and Flower-pieces in
Museums at The Hague (3), Berlin (4, one
dated 1722), Berne, Boston, Brunswick (4,
one dated 1724), Dresden (3), Hanover (2),
