Robrecht Holman
Robrecht Holman | |
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Abbot of Ten Duinen Abbey | |
![]() Portrait of Robrecht Holman (1571) | |
Elected | 1568 |
Term ended | 1579 |
Personal details | |
Born | 1521 |
Died | 29 December 1579 Bruges, County of Flanders, Habsburg Netherlands |
Robrecht Holman (1521–1579) was the 36th abbot of Dunes.[1]
Life
Holman was born in Sluis in 1521 and entered the Abbey of Dunes as a youth. In 1568 he was elected abbot. His abbacy was marked by the social instability arising from the opening years of the Dutch Revolt.
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He died in Bruges on 29 December 1579 and was buried in an unmarked grave in the church of the Poor Clares.[2]
Two portraits of Holman were exhibited in the 1902 Exposition des primitifs flamands à Bruges.[3] Some scholars attribute these works to Gillis Claeissens.[4]
References
- ^ R. De Schepper, "Robert Holman, 36e abbé des Dunes (1569-1579)", Annales de la Société d'émulation de Bruges 60-61 (1910), pp. 176-177.
- ^ William Henry James Weale, Exposition des primitifs flamands et d'art ancien (Bruges, 1902), p. 119.
- ^ Georges H. de Loo, Exposition de tableaux flamands des XIVe, XVe et XVIe siècles, exhibition catalogue (Ghent, 1902), pp. 81-82.
- ^ B. Dewilde, 'Gillis Claeissens: een 'onbekende' schilder uit het zestiende-eeuws Brugge. Aanzet tot reconstructie van zijn oeuvre binnen de Claeissensgroep', Revue Belge d’archéologie et d’histoire de l’art, 78, 2009, pp. 29–67