Vincent Sellaer (1490–1564)

• Was a Flemish Renaissance painter.
• Vincent Sellaer could be identified with the artist to whom the early 17th century biographer Karel van Mander referred as Vincent Geldersman.

• Van Mander described Sellaer as a good painter of allegories, such as Leda with two eggs, Susanna and the elders, and Cleopatra with the asp.

• Van Mander mentioned him in his Life of Frans Minnebroer as one of the notable painters of Mechelen.

• While many known versions of a Leda and the Swan have been attributed to Sellaer, none has survived that depicts a Leda with eggs.

• Scholars believe that Sellaer patrons were likely members of the court and the city’s Great Council.

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