Anton Mirou
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Antoine, or Anton Mirou was a Flemish Baroque
Baroque
The Baroque is a period and the style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, literature, dance, and music...

 landscape painter of the Frankenthal school.

Biography

According to the RKD he moved with his family to Frankenthal in 1586 and declared that he was 24 there in 1602. He painted landscapes and is considered a member of the school of Frankenthal. The school of Frankenthal included the painters Gillis van Coninxloo
Gillis van Coninxloo
Gillis van Coninxloo was a Dutch painter of forest landscapes, the most famous member of a large family of artists. He travelled through France, and lived in Germany for several years to avoid religious persecution....

, Pieter Schoubroeck
Pieter Schoubroeck
Pieter Schoubroeck, or Schaubroeck , was a German landscape painter of the Frankenthal school.-Biography:Schoubroeck was born at Hessheim. According to the RKD he was active in Italy in 1695, Neurenberg in 1597-1600, and moved to Frankenthal in 1601. He painted landscapes and is considered a...

, and Hendrik van der Borcht the elder
Hendrik van der Borcht the elder
Hendrik van der Borcht the Elder was a Flemish engraver and still life painter of flowers and fruit, who was mainly active in Germany....

 & son
Hendrik van der Borcht II
Hendrik van der Borcht II was a German Baroque painter.-Biography:He learned to paint from his father, Hendrik van der Borcht the elder. Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel, passing through Frankfurt, became his patron in 1636 when he was only 22, taking him along on a Grand Tour of Italy...

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