leading engineer, architect, painter, and numismatist of the time. Cobergher entered the service of the Archdukes who paid him three times as much as they would Rubens and was included in Anthony va Dyck's Iconography, a series of engraved portraits of the most well-known contemporary intellectuals, noblemen, and artists, which speaks to his prestige. On May 30th 1628 in the Church of Saint-Germain in Mons, Anna married Isaac Bullart--a well-regarded Dutch-born writer--when she was twenty-four years old. They met while Anna was studying under Francart. Bullart actually struggled to win Anna's heart at first, as she was not very social. But he was "charmed as much by the beauty of her art as by the loveliness of her face" and she eventually consented and her parents approved. They had 12 children, one being Jacques Ignace Bullart. One year after their marriage she followed him to Arras, where on April 23rd he was named the superintendent of the Mount of Piety. Their first born was born two weeks prior, and was named Wenceslas, after Wenceslas Cobergher, who helped Bullart get his job as superintendent. Sadly, he died in infancy. Bullart studied at the Jesuit College in Bordeaux and spent thirty years collecting material for his Académie des Sciences et des Arts, which contains 279 biographies of scholars and artists and is one of the most important biographical compendia of the seventeenth century. Bullart was even made a Chevalier de l'Ordre de Saint-Michel (Knight of the order of St.Michael) by Anne of Austria, Regent of France for her son Louis XIV in 1647. References External links M. Benisovich, "Biographie d'Anne-Françoise de Bruyns, peintre, ecrite par Jacques Ignace Bullart son fils", Oud-Holland 68 (1953), pp. 179–182 Anna Francisca de Bruyns on Artnet 1604 births 1675 deaths Flemish Baroque painters Belgian women painters People from Florennes 17th-century women artists