Albrecht Bouts was born in Leuven between 1451 and 1455, the younger son of the artist Dirk Bouts. He seems to have had a prosperous career and died at a very advanced age in 1549. He was closely associated with the Augustinian Order for whom he painted an altarpiece of the Assumption of the Virgin (Brussels) which includes his self-portrait.
Albrecht Bouts
born between 1451 and 1455, died 1549
Works by Albrecht Bouts
Albrecht Bouts and Workshop
Two men are crammed into this long, thin painting which was once the right wing of a triptych (a painting in three parts). In front is the donor. He wears the white habit of a Premonstratensian canon; the mitre (headdress) in front of him shows that he is a mitred abbot. Behind him is Saint Ambro...
Not on display