Artists
Barent van Orley
- Country:
- Belgium
- Birth year:
- 1488
- Death year:
- 1542
Barent van Orley (c. 1488 Brussels-1542 Brussels) was the son and pupil of the painter Valentin van Orley. Later he probably studied under Herman van den Haute in Mechelen, and from 1515 he worked in Brussels for the Archduchess Margarete of Austria (1480-1530), the viceroy of the Netherlands. She appointed him court painter in 1518, an office which he retained under the archduchess' successor, Maria of Hungary (1505-1558), in 1530. There is no documentation that the artist journeyed to Italy, but knowledge of Italian Renaissance painting is clear in Orley's work, a familiarity which he may have gained through sketches of Raphael's paintings that were available for viewing in Brussels as well as his acquaintance with Albrecht Durer, whom Orley met in 1521. In addition to large altarpieces and portraits, the master also left behind plans for decorative tapestries and painted glass windows. The Holy Family, 1522, Museo del Prado, Madrid; The Last Judgment Altarpiece, 1525, Koninklijk Museum Voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp; and Portrait of Jean Carondelet, c. 1530, Alte Pinakothek, Munich.