1427–1438
Four children: Cornelius, Margaretha, Pieter and Jan
Cornelius was born in 1427 (he later became a Carthusian monk), Margaretha in 1432, and Pieter and Jan in 1437 and 1438 in Brussels; Pieter became a painter and inherited his father’s workshop, Jan a goldsmith.
1435–1464 · Workplace
Brussels
1435–1464
Portraitist of the Burgundian court
In Brussels he painted portraits of Duke Philip the Good, his son Charles the Bold and his illegitimate son Anthony of Burgundy, Philip I de Croÿ (1460) and Laurent Froimont; there is ample evidence of his prosperity and of the special patronage of the Burgundian court at the height of its power.
May one see it?
New York, United States
On public display.
