Philip Gyselaer

Mercury and Jupiter in the House of Philemon and Baucis

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.

References

1 2 Philip Gyselaer at the Netherlands Institute for Art History (in Dutch)
↑ Philipp Gyselaer, Jupiter und Merkur bei Philemon und Baucis at the Kunsthistorisches Museum

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[rkd-1] 1 2 Philip Gyselaer at the Netherlands Institute for Art History (in Dutch)

[2] Philipp Gyselaer, Jupiter und Merkur bei Philemon und Baucis at the Kunsthistorisches Museum