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Francis Cleyn
German painter / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Francis Cleyn (or Francesco Cleyn or Clein; also Frantz or Franz Klein) (c. 1582 – 1658) was a German-born painter and tapestry designer who lived and worked in England.
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Francis Cleyn | |
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Frantz or Franz Klein | |
![]() Cleyn in an 18th-century (1762?) etching by Thomas Chambars | |
Born | c. 1582 Rostock, Germany |
Died | 1658 (aged 75–76) London, England |
Known for | designing tapestries at the Mortlake Tapestry Works, Mortlake, London |
Patron(s) | Christian IV of Denmark, Charles I of England |
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