Jan Philips van Thielen (1618 - 1667)

• Was a Flemish painter.
• Van Thielen was born in Mechelen as the son of a minor nobleman by the name of Liebrecht van Thielen.
• His mother was Anna Rigouts.
• He signed some of his paintings with his mother’s name.  

• He left his native Mechelen for Antwerp where in 1631 or 1632 he started his training as a painter with his brother-in-law Theodoor Rombouts.
• In 1693 van Thielen married Francisca de Hemelaer.
• Through his marriage he was the brother-in-law of Erasmus Quellinus II.
• Van Thielen and his wife had 9 children.

• Because he liked flower painting he changed masters in 1641 and began training with Daniel Seghers.

• He became a master in the Antwerp Guild of Saint Luke in 1641.

• In 1660 he moved with his family to his hometown Mechelen where he became a master in the local Guild of Saint Luke the next year.

• Three of van Thielen’s daughters became flower painters: Maria Theresa van Thielen, Anna-Maria and Francisca-Catherina.

• He died in 1667 in Booischot.

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