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The Bonnefantenmuseum recently opened its doors on the very first retrospective of Henri de Fromantiou. Until 28 June, the museum is showing a wide selection of paintings by this 17th-century still-life painter, who was born in Maastricht. In the exhibition Royal illusions, the emphasis is on the ‘forgotten’ oeuvre of De Fromantiou and his heyday as a court painter in Potsdam. The exhibition is accompanied by the publication of the first monograph on the painter, containing essays about his life, his position at court, his oeuvre and his role as an art agent. In his position as court painter, Henri de Fromantiou created many paintings for the palaces of Frederick William, the Great Elector of Brandenburg. His talent with a brush allowed him to portray a royal world on canvas in prestigious hunting and floral still lifes. After his death, his name fell into oblivion and his paintings were wrongly attributed

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