also called the Farrier of Antwerp, famous for being transformed, by the force of love, from a blacksmith to a painter. He had followed the trade of a blacksmith and farrier near twenty years; when falling in love with a painter's daughter who was very handsome, and disliked nothing but his trade, he quitted it, and betook himself to painting, in which he made a very uncommon progress. He was a diligent and careful imitator of ordinary life, and succeeded better in representing the defects than the beauties of nature. Some historical performances of this matter deserve commendation, particularly a Defect from the Crofs, in the Cathedral at Antwerp; but his best known picture is that of the two Misers in the gallery at Windsor. He died in 1529.