Franciscus and Franciscus are the joined forces of artist F. Franciscus (1959, Utrecht, the Netherlands) and spouse, graphic designer and stylist Rienus Gündel Franciscus (1967, Dordrecht, the Netherlands). Both within the course of their careers have worked with the many facets of staged photography. Since 2012 they created under the name Franciscus and Franciscus a growing series photo portraits named 'Studies after Memling'. There have been exhibitions in galleries, artfairs and museums in the Netherlands, Belgium, Curaçao, France, Germany, Czech Republic, Jordan, Russia, Spain, Swiss, South Africa, U. K. and U.S.A.