Editing Gillis van Coninxloo (section)

==Life==
He was born in [[Antwerp]] and studied under [[Pieter Coecke van Aelst]], Lenaert Kroes and [[Gillis Mostaert]].  He travelled in [[France]] after completing his training.  He became a member of the Antwerp [[Guild of Saint Luke]] in 1570 and worked in Antwerp until 1585 when [[Fall of Antwerp|Antwerp fell]] to the Spanish.  He left first for [[Middelburg, Zeeland|Middelburg]] and then in 1587 for [[Frankenthal]] where he was active until 1595.  He then moved to [[Amsterdam]] where he died in 1607.<ref name=rk/>

He had many pupils including [[Pieter Brueghel the Younger]], Govert Govertsz van Arnhem, [[Willem van den Bundel]], Gillis van Coninxloo III, Jonas van Merle, [[Hercules Seghers]] and [[Jacques van der Wijen]].<ref name=rk/>