Francis Cleyn

Francis Cleyn
Frantz or Franz Klein
Cleyn in an 18th-century (1762?) etching by Thomas Chambars
Bornc. 1582
Rostock, Germany
Died1658 (aged 75–76)
London, England
Known fordesigning tapestries at the Mortlake Tapestry Works, Mortlake, London
PatronsChristian IV of Denmark, Charles I of England

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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