Brief Biography-Joachim Patenier, or Patinir, was born at Dinant c. 1485. He was a member of the Antwerp Guild in 1515. Scholars credit him as the first Flemish painter of large landscapes in religious works. He married twice, first to Françoise Buyst and the second to Jeanne Noyts in 1521. Albrecht Dürer, who attended his second wedding, praised his landscapes and did a silverpoint portrait of him to appreciate his talents. He was also a painter of battles. Unfortunately, he signed only four works. Patenier sadly spent a great deal of his life in taverns which impoverished him somewhat and may have led to his relatively early demise in 1524. Quentin Massys inserted staffage into his paintings and, on Patenier’s death, was the guardian of his children.