Englebert Fisen (1655 - 15 April 1733) was a

Flemish painter Flemish painting flourished from the early 15th century until the 17th century, gradually becoming distinct from the painting of the rest of the Low Countries, especially the modern Netherlands. In the early period, up to about 1520, the painting ...

and a pupil of

Bertholet Flemalle Bertholet Flemalle, Flemal, or Flamael (1614–1675) was a Liège Baroque painter. Biography The son of a glass painter, he was instructed in his art by Henri Trippet and Gerard Douffet successively. He visited Rome in 1638, and was invit ...

. Fisen was born at Liège. When still very young he went to Italy, where he studied under

Carlo Maratti Carlo Maratta or Maratti (13 May 162515 December 1713) was an Italian painter, active mostly in Rome, and known principally for his classicizing paintings executed in a Late Baroque Classical manner. Although he is part of the classical tradition ...

, whose style he imitated. After eight years he returned to his native city, where his principal pictures are a ''Crucifixion,'' painted for the chapel of the H6tel-de-Ville; and a ''Martyrdom of St. Bartholomew,'' and a ''Christ on the Cross,'' painted for the church of St. Bartholomew. He died at Liège. File:Crucifixion-Fisen.jpg, ''Golgotha'', 1684, now in the St Bartholomew's Church, Liège File:Education de la Vierge par Ste Anne.jpg, ''The Virgin Mary educated by Saint Anne''

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* 1655 births 1733 deaths 17th-century painters from the Prince-Bishopric of Liège 18th-century painters from the Prince-Bishopric of Liège Pupils of Carlo Maratta {{Flemish-painter-stub