Gillis van Tilborgh, ca. (1625–ca. 1678)

• Was a Flemish painter.

• Gillis van Tilborgh was born in Brussels.
• He is believed to have studied first under his father Gillis van Tilborgh the Elder and then with David Teniers the Younger.
• He became a master in the Brussels Guild of Saint Luke in 1654.
• He was the dean of the Guild in 1663. 

• He was appointed in 1666 as the keeper of the painting collection of the court and castle of Tervuren, the residence of the governor of the Habsburg Netherlands.

• Van Tilborgh is known to have operated a sizable workshop in Brussels.

• At around 1670 he travelled to England as is documented by a painting depicting Tichborne House and the Tichborne family giving alms.

• The date and place of his death are not known but it was likely c. 1678 in Brussels.

• Gillis van Tilborgh's works are dated from 1650 to 1671.

• He usually signed with the monogram 'TB'.

• In his tavern scenes he shows himself to be a close follower of Adriaen Brouwer, just as David Ryckaert III and Joos van Craesbeeck were.

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