Background
Geldorp was the son of the Flemish portrait painter Gortzius Geldorp who lived and worked in Cologne.
Geldorp was the son of the Flemish portrait painter Gortzius Geldorp who lived and worked in Cologne.
He was also active as an art dealer and impresario. Geldorp first trained and worked as a painter in Cologne before being admitted as a Master in the Guild of Saint Luke in Antwerp in 1610. He was further involved in organizing commissions for other artists including Rubens, Anthony van Dyck and Peter Lely.
As he assisted with the reconstitution of the art collection and possessions of the English Royal family he was rewarded with the post of picture mender and cleaner to the King upon the Restoration.
Antwerp Guild of Saint Luke.