Gaspar de Crayer: A Flemish Master of Counter-Reformation Splendor Gaspar de Crayer, a name perhaps less familiar than his contemporaries Rubens or Van Dyck, nevertheless stands as a pivotal figure in 17th-century Flemish art. Born in Antwerp in 1584 and passing away in Ghent in 1669, he navigated the turbulent political landscape of the Spanish Netherlands, becoming a court painter, guild master, and prolific creator of both portrait…