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Life
Gaspar de Crayer was born in Antwerp as the son of Gaspard de Crayer the Elder, a decorative painter, illuminator and art dealer. His mother Christina van Abshoven or Apshoven descended from a family of painters who at the time enjoyed some fame, but whose work is barely known now. Rather than stay in Antwerp, he looked for opportunity in the capital Brussels.  He is believed to have studied under Raphael Coxie, the court painter of the governors of the Spanish Netherlands Albert VII, Archduke of Austria and Isabella Clara Eugenia. He became a master in the Brussels Guild of Saint Luke in 1607.  He was a dean of the Guild from 1611 to 1616 and was a member of the Brussels city council in 1626–1627.  He remained in Brussels until 1664.
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