Seghers, Daniel (1590–1661)

Flemish painter. He made highly detailed paintings of garlands of flowers, often enclosing a picture by some other artist, usually a devotional subject or portrait.

Seghers was a pupil of Jan Brueghel. He became a Jesuit 1614 and lived for some time in Italy. Characteristic works are Nicolas Poussin (Warsaw National Gallery) and St Ignatius de Loyola (Musée des Beaux-Arts, Antwerp), both portraits being surrounded by a floral garland.