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Louis de Caullery (1580 - 1621) was a Flemish painter, born in the town of Caullery (hence the name) in the province of Antwerp in the 16th century.
As a teenager he moved to Antwerp, and is believed to have worked in the workshop of the Flemish painter Frans Francken II and where, from 1594, he became a pupil of Joos de Momper the Younger.
In 1601 he was affiliated to the Guild of Saint Luke of Antwerp.
He then spent a long period of study in Italy, going to Venice, Rome and Florence. It is believed that during his stay on the peninsula he came into contact with the likes of Adam Elsheimer, Annibale Carracci, Caravaggio and Pieter Paul Rubens.
Of the subsequent trip to Spain, the panoramic views of Seville and the El Escorial Monastery remain as evidence.
His notoriety is due in particular to his group portraits, where many characters appear, described with great wealth and attention to detail of clothes and objects.
He paints genre scenes, gallant parties, whims, such as the work “Ruins of the Colosseum”, with a colossal statue of Nero. Read the full biography

Louis de Caullery (1580 - 1621) was a Flemish painter, born in the town of Caullery (hence the name) in the province of Antwerp in the 16th century.
As a teenager he moved to Antwerp, and is believed to have worked in the workshop of the Flemish painter Frans Francken II and where, from 1594, he became a pupil of Joos de Momper the Younger.
In 1601 he was affiliated to the Guild of Saint Luke of Antwerp.
He then spent a long period of study in Italy, going to Venice, Rome and Florence. It is believed that during his stay on the peninsula he came into contact with the likes of Adam Elsheimer, Annibale Carracci, Caravaggio and Pieter Paul Rubens.
Of the subsequent trip to Spain, the panoramic views of Seville and the El Escorial Monastery remain as evidence.
His notoriety is due in particular to his group portraits, where many characters appear, described with great wealth and attention to detail of clothes and objects.
He paints genre scenes, gallant parties, whims, such as the work “Ruins of the Colosseum”, with a colossal statue of Nero. One of his paintings, "Crucifixion", is preserved in the Prado Museum