6 7 9 ) ▁was ▁a ▁F lem ish ▁print maker , ▁dra ug ht s man ▁and ▁publish er . ▁ ▁One ▁of ▁the ▁leading ▁print ▁publish ers ▁in ▁ 1 7 th - century ▁Ant werp , ▁he ▁created ▁and ▁published ▁multiple ▁re product ive ▁prints ▁after ▁Peter ▁Paul ▁Rub ens , ▁Anthony ▁van ▁Dy ck ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁foreign ▁artists . ▁ ▁Life ▁Fr ans ▁van ▁den ▁Wy ng a erde ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁ 1 6 1 4 ▁to ▁a ▁family ▁of ▁fish m ong ers . ▁He ▁was ▁bapt ized ▁in ▁Ant werp ▁on ▁July ▁ 8 ▁of ▁that ▁year . ▁Van ▁den ▁Wy ng a erde ▁became ▁an ▁app rent ice ▁of ▁the ▁Rub ens ▁collabor ator ▁Paul us ▁Pont ius ▁( 1 6 0 3 - 1 6 5 8 ) ▁when ▁he ▁was ▁about ▁ 1 4 ▁years ▁old . ▁He ▁was ▁en rolled ▁as ▁a ▁master ▁in ▁the ▁Ant werp ▁Gu ild ▁of ▁St . ▁Luke ▁from ▁the ▁Gu ild ▁year ▁ 1 6 3 6 – 1 6 3 7 . ▁L ack ing ▁sufficient ▁funds , ▁the ▁de an ▁of ▁the ▁gu ild ▁loan ed ▁him ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁membership ▁fee . ▁ ▁The ▁artist ▁was ▁successful ▁and ▁in ▁ 1 6 4 0 , ▁he ▁married ▁Maria ▁Cru yt , ▁the ▁daughter ▁of ▁wealth y ▁mer ch ants . ▁He ▁became ▁a ▁captain ▁of ▁a ▁local ▁sch utter ij , ▁a ▁civil ▁guard . ▁ ▁By ▁the ▁middle ▁of ▁the ▁