Lambert Lombard (; c. 1505 – August 1566) was a
Renaissance
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painter, architect and theorist for the
Prince-Bishopric of Liège. During his career he worked for
Jan Gossaert in
Middelburg and trained
Frans Floris.
Biography
Lombard was born in
Liège
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, where in 1532 he became
court painter and architect. A few paintings and many drawings have been preserved.
In 1537, he was sent to
Rome
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by
Érard de La Marck,
prince-bishop of Liège, to buy works of art, and he discovered the wonders of the
Italian Renaissance. On his return he brought not only works of art, but also the new ideas concerning art and the position of the artist, to Liège.
His pupils were
Frans Floris,
Hendrick Goltzius,
Willem Key,
Dominicus Lampsonius, , and .
[Lambert Lombard]
in the RKD
Dominicus Lampsonius wrote a biography of Lombard, ''The Life of Lambert Lombard''.
See also
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Lombard Courtyard
References
External links
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2006 Lambert Lombard expositionThe Life of Lambert Lombard by Domenicus Lampsonius, original latin version (1565) on Google Books*
Pieter Bruegel the Elder: Drawings and Prints', a full text exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, which includes material on Lambert Lombard (see index)
''The engravings of Giorgio Ghisi'' a full text exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, which contains material on Lambert Lombard (see index)
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1500s births
1566 deaths
Early Netherlandish painters
Flemish Renaissance painters
Court painters
16th-century painters from the Prince-Bishopric of Liège
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