BLONDEEL, LANCELOT. — Painter, sculptor, architect, and engineer, born at Poperinghe in 1496, died at Bruges on 4 March 1561. It is almost certain that he went to Italy, where he studied and was influenced by the works of Raphael.
The Virgin in the painting with St. Luke the Painter, signed and dated 1545 (civic museum of Bruges), is indeed inspired by Raphael’s Madonna of Foligno. Other important paintings include the triptych with scenes from the lives of SS. Cosmas and Damian (1523, in St. James’s, Bruges) and a painting depicting episodes from the life of the Virgin (after 1550, cathedral of Tournai). His important *Last Judgment* has been lost. Among his works as a sculptor are remembered a model for a statue of the Virgin (1526) and models for statues of the new porch of the Franc in Bruges. As an engineer and architect, he took part in the design of the canal intended to connect Bruges with the sea (1546).