Jan Tilens

The Tilens (or Tielens) family was responsible for the operation of the bakery in the Citadel of Antwerp.

Anthony van Dyck praised his work and made a portrait of the artist.

[3] His niece Johanna Tielens married the genre painter Joos van Craesbeeck.

His works are typically rocky landscapes with figures depicting mythological scenes or contemporary travellers.

Although he never visited Italy he painted some Italiniate landscapes with antique monuments in the style of the Flemish painter Paul Bril who was active in Rome.