Jan Frans van Son

Flowers in a vase

Jan Frans van Son or Frans van Son (Baptized on 16 August 1658, Antwerp – 1701, London) was a Flemish still life painter.[1] The son of the prominent Antwerp still life painter Joris van Son, he trained with another prominent still life artist Jan Pauwel Gillemans the Elder. He left for England at a young age and had a successful career in London. He painted flower pieces, fruit still lifes and banquet still lifes.[2]

  1. ^ J. Fuchs, 'Over Weyermans reizen naar Engeland, en over de schilder Jan Frans van Son', in: Mededelingen van de stichting Jacob Campo Weyerman 37 (2014), p. 1-12 (in Dutch)
  2. ^ Jan Frans van Son at the Netherlands Institute for Art History (in Dutch)