Anton Mirou
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Antoine, or Anton Mirou (1578 – 1621/1627), was a Flemish Baroque landscape painter of the Frankenthal school. He is known for his wooded and rocky landscapes and landscapes with populated villages. He was also a topographical draftsman whose views were widely disseminated through prints.[1]
Anton Mirou was born in Antwerp where he was baptized on 4 May 1578 in the Cathedral of Our Lady. His father, Henricus Mirou, was an apothecary. The family must have been Protestant as they left Antwerp in 1586 after the Fall of Antwerp.[1] The family moved to Frankenthal where a younger brother was born. Anton Mirou made a declaration in Frankenthal in 1602 that he was 24 years of age.[2]
On stylistic grounds it is believed that Mirou trained in Frankenthal under the prominent Flemish landscape artist Gillis van Coninxloo who resided there from 1588 to 1595. Another Flemish painter active in Germany called Hendrik Gijsmans was possibly also his teacher.[2]
In 1602 in Frankenthal her married Susanneke Jaspersdr. van Conincxloo. According to an unknown source, he returned to Antwerp in 1620, where he possibly died. He must have died after 1621 and before 8 April 1627 as on the latter date his wife is mentioned as widow.[2]
