Gerard Horenbout

Miniature representation of the month of December by Gerard Horenbout u. a.

Gerard Horenbout (also called Gerard Hornebolte ; * 1465 in Ghent , † 1541 in London ) was a Flemish painter.

Horenbout joined the Ghent Painters' Guild in 1487. He later gave painting lessons himself, and his three sons were also apprentices with him. Gerard Horenbout's ancestors were already active as artists. Horenbout was involved in many artistic fields: after completing his apprenticeship with a Flemish painter, he illustrated manuscripts, made altarpieces and painted portraits. In a monastery near his native city of Ghent, Horenbout worked for a while with a few nuns and created a model garden with them. The flowers were made of fabric and then brought to the then ruler Margaret of Austria of the Netherlands. In the years after 1500 the Scottish King James IV commissioned him to produce a book of hours. Through his work he seems to have become very wealthy, which can be seen in the fact that he bought a house heavily decorated with paintings in 1503.

Between 1522 and 1525 - the exact time is unknown - he emigrated with his family to England , perhaps because of the financial opportunities that awaited him on the island, but emigration for religious reasons cannot be ruled out. There he worked for the royal family. Horenbout lived in England until the end of his life and died in London.

His son Lucas Horenbout was in the service of Henry VIII . Gerard Horenbout's daughter, Susanna Horenbout , was also one of the first women to work in the field of art, but her works have not survived today.

Alongside Simon Bening, Gerard Horenbout is considered to be the leading Flemish painter of his time. Horenbout also worked partly with Bening.

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SURNAME	Horenbout, Gerard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Hornebolte, Gerard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Flemish painter
DATE OF BIRTH	1465
PLACE OF BIRTH	Ghent
DATE OF DEATH	1541
Place of death	London