What is Lambert Lombard?
[[Image:Lambert Lombard - Claudia Quinta.jpg|250px|right|thumb|''Les Femmes Vertueuses'']] {{commons category}} '''Lambert Lombard''' ([[Liège (city)|Liège]], 1505 &ndash; 1566) was a [[Renaissance]] painter, architect and theorist for the [[Prince-Bishopric of Liège]]. During his career he worked for [[Jan Gossaert]] in [[Middelburg, Zeeland|Middelburg]] and trained [[Frans Floris]]. In 1532 he became [[court painter]] and architect in [[Liège]]. A few paintings and many drawings have been kept. In 1537 he was sent to [[Rome]] by [[Erard de la Marck]], prince-bishop of Liège, to buy works of art. While there he discovered the wonders of the [[Italian Renaissance]]. On his return he brought not only works of art, but also the new ideas about art to Liège. [[Dominicus Lampsonius]] wrote a biography of Lombard called ''The Life of Lambert Lombard''. {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Lombard, Lambert}} [[Category:1505 births]] [[Category:1566 deaths]] [[Category:Flemish painters]] [[Category:People from Liège]]