{{Infobox Christian leader | type = | honorific-prefix = | name = Robrecht Holman | honorific-suffix = | title = [[Abbot]] of [[Ten Duinen Abbey]] | image = Gillis Claiessens - Portrait of Abbot Robert Holman.png | image_size = | alt = | caption = Portrait of Robrecht Holman (1571) | church = | archdiocese = | province = | metropolis = | diocese = | see = | elected = 1568 | term_end = 1579 <!-- or term_start / term_end --> | quashed = | predecessor = | successor = | opposed = | other_post = <!---------- Orders ----------> | ordination = | ordained_by = | consecration = | consecrated_by = | rank = <!---------- Personal details ----------> | birth_name = | birth_date = 1521 <!-- {{Birth date|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | birth_place = [[Sluis]], [[County of Flanders]], [[Habsburg Netherlands]] | death_date = 29 December 1579 <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date then birth date) --> | death_place = [[Bruges]], [[County of Flanders]], [[Habsburg Netherlands]] <!-- as birth_place --> | buried = <!-- or | tomb = --> | resting_place_coordinates = | nationality = | religion = | residence = | parents = | occupation = | profession = <!-- or | previous_post = --> | education = | alma_mater = | motto = | signature = | signature_alt = | coat_of_arms = | coat_of_arms_alt = <!---------- Other ----------> | module = | other = }} '''Robrecht Holman''' (1521–1579) was the 36th [[abbot of Dunes]].<ref>R. De Schepper, "Robert Holman, 36e abbé des Dunes (1569-1579)", ''Annales de la Société d'émulation de Bruges'' 60-61 (1910), pp. 176-177.</ref>
==Life== Holman was born in [[Sluis]] in 1521 and entered the Abbey of Dunes as a youth. In 1568 he was elected abbot. His abbacy was marked by the social instability arising from the opening years of the [[Dutch Revolt]]. [[File:Gillis Claeissens - Christ the Saviour adored by Abbot Robert Holman (detail).jpg|thumb|220px|left|''Christ the Saviour adored by Robert Holman'']] He died in Bruges on 29 December 1579 and was buried in an unmarked grave in the church of the [[Poor Clares]].<ref>[[William Henry James Weale]], ''Exposition des primitifs flamands et d'art ancien'' (Bruges, 1902), p. 119.</ref>
Two portraits of Holman were exhibited in the 1902 ''[[Exposition des primitifs flamands à Bruges]]''.<ref>[[Georges Hulin de Loo|Georges H. de Loo]], ''Exposition de tableaux flamands des XIVe, XVe et XVIe siècles'', exhibition catalogue (Ghent, 1902), pp. 81-82.</ref> Some scholars attribute these works to [[Gillis Claeissens]].<ref> B. Dewilde, 'Gillis Claeissens: een 'onbekende' schilder uit het zestiende-eeuws Brugge. Aanzet tot reconstructie van zijn oeuvre binnen de Claeissensgroep', Revue Belge d’archéologie et d’histoire de l’art, 78, 2009, pp. 29–67</ref>
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{{S-start}} {{s-rel|ca}} {{s-bef| before=Pierre Helline}} {{s-ttl| title=[[Abbot of Dunes]] | years=1568 – 1579}} {{s-aft| after=Laurent van den Berghe}} {{S-end}}
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