Anselm van Hulle (1601 - 1674-1694)

• Was a Flemish painter mainly of portraits.

• Anselm van Hulle was baptized in the St. Bavo Church in Gent on 23 July 1601.
• He was the son of Egidius van Hulle.
• He may have been a pupil of Gaspar de Crayer.
• Van Hulle came from a wealthy family owning various lands and annuities.
• Van Hulle became a master in the Guild of St. Luke of Gent in 1620.
• He married on 14 December 1631 with Livina of Thuyne.
• The couple had four children.
• He became court painter to the Dutch stadtholder Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange.
• The Prince sent him in 1645 or 1646 to Münster to make portraits of the delegates who attended the peace negotiations for the Peace of Münster.
• Van Hulle established a large workshop in Münster to make the portraits and copies of the same.
• The Flemish painter Jan-Baptist Floris was likely initially an employee of van Hulle’s workshop.
• Van Hulle was active as an art dealer during his residence in Münster.
• He travelled to Kassel in 1650 and was active at the Dresden court in 1651.

• From 1652 he was active in Vienna where he entered the service of Emperor Ferdinand III. 

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