Dieric Bouts the Younger

Dieric inherited his father’s shop in 1475, while his brother Aelbrecht established his own workshop, also in Leuven.

Dieric the Younger was listed in the city archives of Leuven as 'pictor ymaginum' from 1483 to 1490.

[1] In 1486 he was commissioned to work with his brother on the wings of the triptych of the Holy Sacrament in St. Peter's Church, Leuven.

His brother Albert became guardian of his minor son Jan who was also active as a painter in Mechelen.

There are art historians who attribute the work The Pearl of Brabant, a wing altar display in the Alte Pinakothek in Munich directly to the Younger.