Robrecht Holman
Robrecht Holman | |
|---|---|
| Abbot of Ten Duinen Abbey | |
 Robrecht Holman adoring the Saviour of the World | |
| Elected | 1568 |
| Term ended | 1579 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1521 |
| Died | 29 December 1579 Bruges, County of Flanders, Habsburg Netherlands |
Robrecht Holman (1521–1579) was the 36th abbot of Dunes.[1]
Life
Holman was born in Sluis in 1521 and entered the Abbey of Dunes as a youth. In 1568 he was elected abbot. His abbacy was marked by the stresses of the opening years of the Dutch Revolt. He died in Bruges on 29 December 1579 and was buried in an unmarked grave in the church of the Poor Clares.[2]
Two portraits of Holman were exhibited in the 1902 Exposition des primitifs flamands à Bruges.[3]
References
- ^ R. De Schepper, "Robert Holman, 36e abbé des Dunes (1569-1579)", Annales de la Société d'émulation de Bruges 60-61 (1910), pp. 176-177.
- ^ William Henry James Weale, Exposition des primitifs flamands et d'art ancien (Bruges, 1902), p. 119.
- ^ Georges H. de Loo, Exposition de tableaux flamands des XIVe, XVe et XVIe siècles, exhibition catalogue (Ghent, 1902), pp. 81-82.