Frans’s work is defined by its 17th century sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.

The Annunciation
Frans Francken II (Flemish, 1581–1642)

Esther Before Ahasuerus
Frans Francken II (Flemish, 1581–1642)

Woman before a King
Style of Frans Francken II Flemish, 1581-1642

Frans Francken
Anthony van Dyck Flemish, 1599-1641

Still Life with Dead Game, Fruits, and Vegetables in a Market
Frans Snyders (Flemish, 1579-1657)

Portrait of an Artist
Follower of Frans Hals (Dutch, 1582–1666)

Portrait of a Lady
Frans Hals (Dutch, 1582–1666)

Study Head of a Bearded Man
Frans Floris, I (Netherlandish, by 1520–1570)

Marie de’ Medici
Frans Pourbus the Younger (Flemish, 1569-1622)

The Rommel-Pot Player
Workshop of Frans Hals (Dutch, 1582–1666)

The Actors Tamazawa Saijiro I as the pageboy Umezaburo and Segawa Kikunojo I as Oroku in the play "Sazareishi Suehiro Genji," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the first month, 1744
Torii Kiyomasu II Japanese, 1706 (?)–1763 (?)

Susano-o no Mikoto Killing the Eight-headed Dragon
Torii Kiyomasu II Japanese, 1706 (?)–1763 (?)

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo I as Hanjo in the play "Tsumagoi Sumidagawa," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the third month, 1733
Torii Kiyomasu II Japanese, 1706 (?)–1763 (?)

Frans Snyders
Anthony van Dyck Flemish, 1599-1641

The Actors Sanogawa Ichimatsu I as Senjiro disguised as Kichisaburo and Nakamura Tomijuro I as Oshichi in the joruri "Midaregami Yoru no Amigasa," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the first month, 1742
Torii Kiyomasu II Japanese, 1706 (?)–1763 (?)

Summer: Planting Rice (Natsu: taue no zu), No. 2 from the series "The Four Seasons of Farmers (Shiki no hyakusho)"
Torii Kiyomasu II Japanese, 1706 (?)–1763 (?)

The Actors Segawa Kikunojo I as Ochiyo and Matsushima Kichisaburo as Ochiyo's spirit in the play "Higashiyama Gojitsu Yaoya Hanbei," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the eighth month, 1744
Torii Kiyomasu II Japanese, 1706 (?)–1763 (?)

The Actor Ichikawa Ebizo II casting a curse at the hour of the ox
Torii Kiyomasu II Japanese, 1706 (?)–1763 (?)

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo I as Katakai in the play "Mugen no Kane Omoi no Akatsuki," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the third month, 1746
Torii Kiyomasu II Japanese, 1706 (?)–1763 (?)

Bacchus and Drunken Silenus—The Dream of Silenus
Frans van den Wyngaerde (Flemish, 1614-1679) after Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577-1640)