Brief Biography-Jan Frans Van Bloemen was born in Antwerp to a family of painters. His older brother Pieter tutored him and his younger brother Norbert. After a few years in Paris, he moved to Lyon, where Pieter resided; not content in Lyon, they both proceeded to Rome. They became members of the Bentveughels or Birds of a Feather, a group of Dutch and Flemish artists based in Rome, and they were also known as the Schildersbent or Painters Clique. Pieters nickname, or Bent Name, was Standaart. Jan Frans was known as Orizonti, and Norbert, who joined them in Rome for a spell, was known as Cefalus.
Jan Frans spent the remainder of his life in Rome, Pieter returned to Antwerp, and Norbert settled in Amsterdam. The Dutch artist Caspar van Wittel, a native of Rome, was godfather to Jan Fran’s firstborn.
Jan Frans thrived in Rome, and the nobility commissioned his work. He entered the Academia di San Luca in his seventies. Pompeo Girolamo Batoni was one of many renowned artists who collaborated with him later.