Frans Tons I

Ongoing Dictionary of Little-known Artists Eduardo Lamas Frans Tons I (François Tons I, Francisco Tons I) is a licier documented as active in Brussels and Pastrana in Castile. He was born in Brussels in 1576 into a family of weavers and tapestry cartoon designers whose professional lineage dates back to the first half of the sixteenth century. By 1613, archival sources identify him as one of the most distinguished weavers in Brussels (Asselberghs, Delmarcel & García, 1985). His subsequent de...