Whakakiia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whānau ia ki Antwerp, ā, i ako ia i raro i a Pieter Coecke van Aelst, Lenaert Kroes me Gillis Mostaert. I haere ia ki Wīwī i muri i tana whakaotinga i tana whakangungu. I noho ia hei mema o te Antwerp Guild o Saint Luke i te tau 1570 ka mahi ia i Antwerp tae noa ki te 1585 i te wa i riro ai ia hei kaiwaiata i te whare karakia.
I hinga a Antwerp ki nga Paniora. I wehe ia ki Middelburg i te tuatahi, katahi ka haere ia ki Frankenthal i te tau 1587 i reira i mahi ai ia tae noa ki te 1595. Kātahi ka neke ia ki Amsterdam i reira i mate ai ia i te tau 1607.