a Flemish painter of the Baroque period, who was an important teacher of baroque painters and the father of the poet Cornelis de Bie. At age 18 he left for Paris where he studied for two years with Rudolf Schoof, the court painter to Louis the 13th. From there he left for Rome, where he stayed 6 years. He then visited the most important cities of Italy over the next three years, painting for Cardinals, mostly paintings of gold and silver plates and precious stones.
