Hieronymus van Orley (active c. 1612) was a Franciscan painter in the Spanish Netherlands.

Hieronymus van Orley
Born1590
Educationapprenticed to Antonie Drua
StyleBaroque
MovementCatholic Reformation
Patron(s)Maria de Taye
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Van Orley was born in Brussels in 1590 and learnt the art of painting from Antonie Drua in Mechelen around 1612.[1] Maria de Taye, abbess of Forest Abbey outside Brussels, commissioned paintings from him for the abbey church.[2] A number of his portraits were engraved by Richard Collin and were reproduced in Jean François Foppens, Bibliotheca belgica (2 vols., Brussels, 1739).[3]

References

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  1. ^ Orley, Hieronimus van, RKD, created 19 January 1992; updated 18 April 2016. Accessed 11 December 2016.
  2. ^ P. Leroy, "Domein van de abdij van Vorst", in Doorheen de nationale geschiedenis (State Archives in Belgium, Brussels, 1980), p. 207.
  3. ^ A. J. van der Aa, Biographisch Woordenboek der Nederlanden, continued by K.J.R. van Harderwijk and G.D.J. Schotel, vol. 14 (Haarlem, 1867), 201-202.