JAN BAPTIST HUYSMANS, born at Antwerp in 1654, matricu lated in 1676-77, and died there in 1716. There are several of his paintings in the museums of Antwerp, Brussels and Munich, representing southern landscapes with figures and cattle.
His elder brother, CORNELIUS HUYSMANS, was born at Antwerp in 1648, and educated by Gaspar de Wit and Jacob van Artois. Cornelius is the only master of the name of Huysmans whose talent was largely acknowledged. He received lessons from two artists, one of whom was familiar with the Roman art of the Poussins, whilst the other inherited the scenic style of the school of Rubens. He combined the two in a rich, highly coloured style, seldom attempting anything but woodside views with fancy back grounds, half Italian, half Flemish. He first practised at Malines, where he married in 1682. From 1706 to 1717 he lived at Antwerp, and then returned to Malines, where he died on June 1,1727. Ac cording to Walpole, he also visited England. Though most of his pictures were composed for cabinets rather than for churches, he sometimes emulated van Artois in the production of large sacred pieces, and for many years his "Christ on the Road to Emmaus" adorned the choir of Notre Dame of Malines. The national galleries of London and Edinburgh each contain one example of his skill.