He
was an Early
Netherlandish painter
who was active in Spain from
1496 to 1519; his actual name is unknown. He
was born around 1460 in Flanders (modern
Belgium)
He
is only documented after he became an artist at the court of Isabella
I of Castile in Spain, where he is first mentioned in the accounts in
1496, and described as "court painter" by 1498, continuing
in her service until her death in 1504. He mostly painted
accomplished portraits of the royal family, but also most of a large
group of small panels for a polyptych altarpiece for Isabella, now
widely dispersed with the largest group of panels in the royal
collection in Madrid.
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