# Robrecht Holman

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Robrecht Holman Abbot of Ten Duinen Abbey Portrait of Robrecht Holman (1571) Elected 1568 Term ended 1579 Personal details Born 1521 (1521) Sluis, County of Flanders, Habsburg Netherlands Died 29 December 1579(1579-12-29) (aged 57–58) Bruges, County of Flanders, Habsburg Netherlands

**Robrecht Holman** (1521–1579) was the 36th [abbot of Dunes](/source/Abbot_of_Dunes).[1]

## Life

Holman was born in [Sluis](/source/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](/source/Dutch_Revolt).

*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](/source/Poor_Clares).[2]

Two portraits of Holman were exhibited in the 1902 *[Exposition des primitifs flamands à Bruges](/source/Exposition_des_primitifs_flamands_%C3%A0_Bruges)*.[3] Some scholars attribute these works to [Gillis Claeissens](/source/Gillis_Claeissens).[4]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** 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.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [William Henry James Weale](/source/William_Henry_James_Weale), *Exposition des primitifs flamands et d'art ancien* (Bruges, 1902), p. 119.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Georges H. de Loo](/source/Georges_Hulin_de_Loo), *Exposition de tableaux flamands des XIVe, XVe et XVIe siècles*, exhibition catalogue (Ghent, 1902), pp. 81-82.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** 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

Catholic Church titles Preceded by Pierre Helline Abbot of Dunes 1568 – 1579 Succeeded by Laurent van den Berghe

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