"Jan van Orley or Jan van Orley II (4 January 1665, Brussels – 22 February 1735, Brussels) was a Flemish painter, draughtsman, printmaker and designer of ...
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tapestries. Van Orley was one of the major figures of Flemish tapestry design in the late 17th and early 18th century.
After the destruction by French troops of a large number of religious and civic buildings during the Bombardment of Brussels in 1695 he obtained many commissions for religious paintings to redecorate the churches in Brussels that had been destroyed by the French onslaught." - (en.wikipedia.org 25.10.2020)
