Place/Date of activity

sent by his father to train under ‘Master Robert Janss van Giffenen,’ who was a ‘paedagogvs,’ or teacher; he travelled with the sons of several important Antwerp merchants including Willem de Kempenaer, Mathias de Lannoy, Frans van Haeften and Willem Mostaert, who was probably related to Gillis Mostaert, the Antwerp painter (Walker 2014).

Place/Date of activity

sent by his father to train under ‘Master Robert Janss van Giffenen,’ who was a ‘paedagogvs,’ or teacher; he travelled with the sons of several important Antwerp merchants including Willem de Kempenaer, Mathias de Lannoy, Frans van Haeften and Willem Mostaert, who was probably related to Gillis Mostaert, the Antwerp painter (Walker 2014).