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Mar 31, 1739 Antwerp, Flemish Region, Belgium Died on 30 Mar 1822 (aged 82)
Belgian painter
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About Andries Cornelis Lens
- Andries Cornelis Lens or André Corneile Lens (Antwerp, 31 March 1739 – Brussels, 30 March 1822) was a Flemish painter, illustrator, art theoretician and art educator.
- He is known for his history paintings of biblical and mythological subjects and portraits.
- Wishing to contribute to the revival of painting in Flanders, he took his inspiration from the classical traditions of the 16th century and drew inspiration from Raphael.
- He was thus a promoter of Neoclassicism in Flemish art.
- He was a teacher and director of the Academy of Fine Arts of Antwerp.
- Lens was court painter to the governor-general of the Austrian Netherlands and settled in Brussels where he married.
