_François Duchatel_ (Flemish: 1616-1694).
This painter, whose works are very rare, is said to have
been a pupil of David Teniers, the younger. In some of his
pictures representing village festivals he followed the style
of that master; in others, of family groups, his work rather
resembles that of Gonzales Coques. His most important picture
is in the Museum at Ghent. It represents the "Inauguration
of Charles II., King of Spain, as Count of Flanders," and
comprises about a thousand small figures. Duchatel was born at
Brussels. He worked for some time in Paris in conjunction with
his fellow-countryman Van der Meulen (see 1447). The picture
before us, with its vigorous touch and warm colour, shows that
Duchatel was an accomplished portrait-painter.