Gielis Panhedel or Gielis van den Bossche (c.1490 - after 1545) was a

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painter. He is considered a follower of Jheronimus Bosch but little is known of his life. Panhedel was born in

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as the son of

Aert van den Bossche Aert van den Bossche or the Master of the Crispinus and Crispinianus-Legend (also known as Aert Panhedel, Aert van Panhedel, Arnoul de Panhedel, Arnoul Vanden Bossche and Harnoult van den Boske)Master of the legend of St. Barbara Master of the legend of St. Barbara (active 1470 – 1500), was an Early Netherlandish painter. Biography He was active in Brussels, but has been considered to possibly be the same person as Aert van den Bossche because he signed into the Bru ...

). His father became a member of the Bruges Guild of St. Luke in 1505 as 'Harnoult van den Boske' ''with a son named'' 'Gilken van den Booeske'.Gielis Panhedel in the

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During the years 1521-1523 he was mentioned in the archives of the Lieve-Vrouwe-Broederschap in

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for working on doors of the same Maria

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that Jheronimus Bosch had worked on before him. Later he was mentioned again in 1545/46 as 'Gielis van den Bossche tot Bruessel woenende' (living in Brussels).

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1490s deaths 1550s deaths Artists from Brussels 16th-century Flemish painters {{Netherlands-painter-stub