Francois, or Frans Beeldemaker (18 January 1659, Dordrecht – 27 April 1728, Rotterdam), was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
According to Houbraken he was a painter from the Hague who travelled to Rome and joined the Bentvueghels who awarded him the derogatory nickname "Aap" (Ape).
[1] According to Jan van Gool, who continued Houbraken's work after his death, he was the son of Johannes Beeldemaker, a painter who specialized in painting scenes of deer and boar hunts.
[2] He later lost customers to Augustinus Terwesten who returned from Rome in 1677 and who painted interiors in a similar style, but qualitatively better.
[2] According to the RKD his bentname was Aap and he was taught by his father Adriaen Cornelisz Beeldemaker (also known as Johannes), Doudijns, and Augustinus Terwesten.