Philip Gyselaer Explained

Philip Gyselaer, also Giselaer (c. 1620 – after 1650), was a Flemish painter specialized in history painting in the tradition of Willem van Herp. He was registered at the Antwerp Guild of St. Luke as a pupil of Adriaen van Utrecht in 1634.^[1]

Only a few of his works are known.^[1] One of his works depicting Mercury and Jupiter in the House of Philemon and Baucis is in the collection of the Kunsthistorisches Museum.^[2]

Sources

• J. de Maere, Jennifer A. Martin, and Marie Wabbes. Illustrated Dictionary of 17th Century Flemish Painters. Brussels: Renaissance du livre, 1994; p. 190.

Notes and References

1. https://rkd.nl/explore/artists/34802 Philip Gyselaer
2. http://bilddatenbank.khm.at/viewArtefact?id=862 Philipp Gyselaer, Jupiter und Merkur bei Philemon und Baucis