early life and training joos van craesbeeck, a flemish baker and painter, was born in neerlinter (now a village in flemish brabant, belgium) around 1605. his father, also named joos, was a baker, and his mother's name was gertruid van callenborch. in 1630 or 1631, van craesbeeck married johanna tielens, whose family had connections to the art world, including the landscape painter jan tielens. artistic career van craesbeeck's artistic career is marked by his significant contribution to the development of flemish genre painting in the mid-17th century. he created a few religiously themed compo…