_Cornelis Huysmans_ (Flemish: 1648-1727).
This painter, whose pictures have for the most part become very
dark, was born at Antwerp, the son of an architect. He studied
the art of landscape under Jacques d'Arthois at Brussels, by
which master we are told he was kept so closely to drawing that
he could only practise painting by night. He took up his abode
at Mechlin; but in 1702 removed to Antwerp, returning, however,
to Mechlin fourteen years later. Favourable examples of his
work may be seen at the Louvre.