Background
The yoounger van Mander was born in Kortrijk.
The yoounger van Mander was born in Kortrijk.
According to Houbraken, he learned to paint from his father and became a good portrait painter. He moved to Copenhagen where he was court painter to the King. His portrait of Frederik III was honored with a poem by Joost van den Vondel.
He designed a series of tapestries for Christian IV of Denmark and lived for a period both in Copenhagen and Delft, where he died.
According to the RKD he became a member of the Delft Guild of Saint Luke in 1613.