Background
Van Mallery was born in Antwerp.
Van Mallery was born in Antwerp.
He married Catharina Galle, the daughter of his teacher on 10 January 1598.
Van Mallery was a pupil of Philips Galle. He was registered as a pupil in the Antwerp Guild of Saint Luke in 1585. He travelled to Rome in the years 1595-1597 and when he returned to Antwerp he became a master in the Guild in 1597.
From 1601 he worked for a while both in Antwerp and in Paris for a period of about five years.
In 1620-1621 he became deacon of the Antwerp Guild and in 1626 he lived in the Keyserstraet. The date and place of his death are not certain.
Anthony van Dyck painted his portrait, which was engraved by Lucas Vorsterman the Elder for inclusion in the Iconography of van Dyck.
Antwerp Guild of Saint Luke.