Frans Breydel

He is known for his merry companies, carnival scenes, landscapes and battle pieces.

He left for a trip, maybe to Italy, at an early age but stayed in Kassel when his work was favourably received by local patrons.

[2] Frans later left Kassel for London where he linked up with the Dutch painter Herman van der Mijn.

According to the French 18th-century biographer Jean-Baptiste Descamps, Frans Breydel died in Antwerp in 1750 where he was buried in the St. Andrew's Church.

[2] He first specialised in portraits but changed to merry companies, a genre which was very popular in France at the time.