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
Paintings 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