Dates | about 1530 - 1581 |
Roles | Artist |
Nationality | Dutch |
Born | Nymwegen, The Netherlands |
Johan Gregor van der Schardt was one of the first of a group of successful Netherlandish artists who made their careers in foreign lands, never to return home. He was born in 1530 in Nymwegen, The Netherlands, but nothing is known of his early training. By 1560, however, he was working in Bologna, Italy. By this time, van der Schardt had developed a reputation for making small copies of famous larger works from