On 20 June 1542 Jan Mandijn, 42 years old and Pieter Aertsen, 34 years old, received a request of the Basque merchant Samson del Barro (Simon del Barco) from Biscay but residing in Antwerp, to quote a price for paintings with subjects from the Bosch repertory, which were apparently destined for the Spanish market.

[2][3] He was the teacher of Jan van der Elburcht, Gillis Mostaert, Bartholomeus Spranger, Aert de Loose, Ambrosius Smidt, Lucas Verschriecken and Jacob Verstraten.

[1] The early biographer Karel van Mander already wrote that Mandijn was good at painting spooky and funny scenes like Hieronymus Bosch.

[1] Mandijn's paintings incorporate the elements typical of Bosch such as hybrid demons composed of various parts of insects, amphibians, reptiles and birds.

[6] The stylistic features of Mandijn's style have been identified in a series of Antwerp 'devil pictures' that have been attributed to him, such as the Temptation of Saint Christopher (Alte Pinakothek in Munich).