Background
Minderhout was born in Rotterdam.
Minderhout was born in Rotterdam.
Foreign unknown reasons, he was known as the ‘Green Knight of Rotterdam’. He arrived in Bruges in 1652. He may have spent time in Italy in 1653.
In 1663 he joined Bruges" Guild of Saint Luke.
He gifted a large canvas of an oriental port to Antwerp"s guild to be exempted from any Guild duties. The couple had five children, of whom two, Antoon van Minderhout (26 September 1675 - 22 December 1705) and Willem August van Minderhout (28 August 1680 - 31 June 1752), became painters.
He was the master of Lucas Smout the Younger. He died in Antwerp.
Subsequently, from 1672 until his death in 1696 van Minderhout lived in Antwerp where he became a member of the local Guild of Saint Luke.