GEFFELS, Frans
(b. 1624 Antwerpen, d. 1694 Mantova)
Flemish painter and architect. From 1659 he was active in Mantua where he worked at the court of Ferdinando Carlo Gonzaga (1652-1708), Duke of Mantua and Montferrat.
Flemish painter and architect. From 1659 he was active in Mantua where he worked at the court of Ferdinando Carlo Gonzaga (1652-1708), Duke of Mantua and Montferrat.
Prints and pamphlets showing the repulsion of Turks and the sieges of cities and castles in the late seventeenth century were distributed across Europe. A print by Justus van den Nypoort was the source of the painting by Geffels who received the commission from Duke Ferdinando Carlo Gonzaga in Mantua.