Frans Francken the Younger has works in the collection Rijksmuseum
Allegorical paintings
A large portion of the output of Frans Francken the Younger consisted of allegorical paintings.  An example is the Allegory on the Abdication of Emperor Charles V in Brussels (Rijksmuseum).  The composition is an allegorical representation of the abdication of Emperor Charles V in Brussels. Charles V who is dividing his empire after a life of continuous warfare and ill health is seated on his throne flanked by his successors Ferdinand I and Philip II. In front of Philip the personifications of the territories of the Empire with their banners are kneeling down. In the foreground the personifications of the continents America, Africa, Europe and Asia are offering gifts.  On the left Neptune is riding his seahorse-drawn triumphal chariot, accompanied by mermen, mermaids and tritons. On the chariot are visible a globe and the two columns with a banderole inscribed with Plus Ultra.Another allegorical painting is the composition Mankind's Eternal Dilemma: The Choice Between Virtue and Vice (on loan to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.  This work is believed to have been painted at the occasion of a wedding and mixes mythological and Christian symbolism.  It represents the eternal choice of mankind between virtue and vice and depicts the three regions of heaven, earth and hell.Among his religiously themed works of particular note are the unusual and stylistically 'reactionary' paintings of biblical scenes, which are framed on all sides by smaller scenes in grisaille.  The grisaille frame echoes the Renaissance ecclesiastical portal.  Each grisaille scene has its own naturalistic perspective and as a result the compositions provide an odd mixture of three-dimensional naturalism and archaic flatness.  Francken used this archaizing technique into the 1620s. This style was possibly invented in the 16th century by the Flemish painter Gillis Mostaert and some works of Mostaert in this style have been erroneously attributed to Frans Francken.An example of one of these works is The story of the prodigal son (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).  The panel shows various scenes from the Parable of the Prodigal Son from the Christian bible. The parable recounts the story of a father with two sons. The younger son asks for his inheritance and after wasting his fortune (the word "prodigal" means "wastefully extravagant"), becomes destitute and has to live in squalor. He returns home with the intention of begging his father to make him one of his hired servants.  His father welcomes him back and celebrates his return but the older son refuses to participate.  In the centre of the composition Francken depicts the scene of the prodigal son during his wild, high-living days in which he squandered his inheritance.  Surrounding this central scene are depicted other scenes of the story in smaller scale and in grisaille.
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