Gillis Mostaert the Elder (1528 – 1598),

• Was a Flemish Renaissance painter and draughtsman.
• He was active in Antwerp in the second half of the 16th century. • He worked in various genres including landscape, genre and history painting.
• Gillis Mostaert was known for his winter landscapes and his scenes with fires and nocturnal scenes and his works in this genre.
• The artist operated a large workshop in Antwerp.
• He was a regular collaborator with leading Antwerp artists of his time.
• While his brother Frans became a pupil of the landscape painter Herri met de Bles, Gillis studied landscape painting with Jan Mandijn from 1550.
• He was registered as a pupil in the Antwerp Guild of Saint Lukein 1550.
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