Background
He was born in Antwerp and studied under Pieter Coecke van Aelst, Lenaert Kroes and Gillis Mostaert.
He was born in Antwerp and studied under Pieter Coecke van Aelst, Lenaert Kroes and Gillis Mostaert.
He spent the last 20 years of his life abroad, first in Germany and later in the Dutch Republic. He travelled in France after completing his training. He left first for Middelburg and then in 1587 for Frankenthal where he was active until 1595.
He then moved to Amsterdam where he died in 1607.
He had many pupils including Pieter Brueghel the Younger, Govert Govertsz van Arnhem, Willem van den Bundel, Gillis van Coninxloo III, Jonas van Merle, Hercules Seghers and Jacques van der Wijen.
He became a member of the Antwerp Guild of Saint Luke in 1570 and worked in Antwerp until 1585 when Antwerp fell to the Spanish.
