Quellinus is the

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of a family of

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active in the 17th century in

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. Members of the family include: * Erasmus Quellinus I, also ''the Elder'', sculptor, (ca. 1584–1639/40) ** Erasmus Quellinus the Younger, painter, (1607–78) *** Jan Erasmus Quellinus, painter (1634–1715) ** Artus Quellinus I, sculptor, (1609–68) ** Hubertus Quellinus, drawing artist, (1619–87)Hubertus Quellinus
at the

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Artus Quellinus II Artus Quellinus II or Artus Quellinus the Younger (alternative first name: Arnold; variation on family name: Quellijn, Quellyn, Quellien, Quellin, Quellinius) (between 10 and 20 November 1625 – 22 November 1700) was a Southern Netherlands, F ...

, also ''the Younger'', sculptor, (1625–1700), nephew of Erasmus Quellinus I ** Artus Quellinus III, sculptor, (1653–1686 in

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) **Cornelis Quellinus, painter, (1658–1709) ** Thomas Quellinus, sculptor in

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, (1661–1709)Hans Vlieghe and Iris Kockelbergh. "Quellinus."
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