Despite being the son of an architect and sculptor, Abraham Bloemaert's artistic training was fragmented. He worked under six masters, for one of whom he was also a houseboy. He absorbed the Mannerism of the School of Fontainebleau, which stayed with him for life. Except for a short period in Amsterdam, he lived in Utrecht, becoming so important that Peter Paul Rubens visited him in 1627. Around 1
