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Henri de Fromantiou

Royal Illusions


  • Bonnefanten Museum
  • Expo: 6/3/2015 - 28/6/2015, Bonnefanten Museum, Maastricht
  • by Anna Cecilia Koldeweij, Friso Lammertse, Volker Manuth, Fred Meijer, Monique Rakhorst, Viënna van Rosmalen
The very first retrospective of Henri de Fromantiou. The museum will be showing a wide selection of paintings by this 17th-century painter of still lifes, who was born in Maastricht and enjoyed his heyday as the court painter in Potsdam. Next to his oeuvre, also his position as court painter, art dealer and restorer in the service of Frederik Willem I, Elector of Brandenburg. De Fromantiou's talent allowed him to portray a royal world in prestigious still lifes of game and of luxury products like flowers

ISBN 9789082296525 | E | HB
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Publisher Bonnefanten Museum
ISBN 9789082296525
Author(s) Anna Cecilia Koldeweij, Friso Lammertse, Volker Manuth, Fred Meijer, Monique Rakhorst, Viënna van Rosmalen
Publication date April 2015
Edition Hardback
Dimensions 285 x 230 mm
Pages 124
Language(s) Eng. ed.
Exhibition Bonnefanten Museum, Maastricht
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The very first retrospective of Henri de Fromantiou. The museum will be showing a wide selection of paintings by this 17th-century painter of still lifes, who was born in Maastricht and enjoyed his heyday as the court painter in Potsdam. The exhibition highlights not only Henri de Fromantiou's oeuvre, but also his position as court painter, art dealer and restorer in the service of Frederik Willem I, Elector of Brandenburg. De Fromantiou's talent allowed him to portray a royal world in prestigious still lifes of game and of luxury products like flowers and fruit.


The very first retrospective of Henri de Fromantiou. The museum will be showing a wide selection of paintings by this 17th-century painter of still lifes, who was born in Maastricht and enjoyed his heyday as the court painter in Potsdam. The exhibition highlights not only Henri de Fromantiou's oeuvre, but also his position as court painter, art dealer and restorer in the service of Frederik Willem I, Elector of Brandenburg. De Fromantiou's talent allowed him to portray a royal world in prestigious still lifes of game and of luxury products like flowers and fruit.