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Lucas de Heere or Lucas d'Heere Ghent , — possibly Paris , 29 August was a Flemish painter , watercolorist , print artist, biographer , playwright , poet and writer. The principal source for the life and work of de Heere is Het Schilder-Boeck written by his pupil Karel van Mander first published in in Haarlem in the Dutch Republic , where van Mander resided in the latter part of his life.

He was trained by his father. His brother Jan was apprenticed as a painter's apprentice to the local artist Gerard Hoorenbault.

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He also had four sisters. After the citizens of Ghent revolted against their ruler emperor Charles V , the city's privileges were abolished by the Carolinian Concession in As a result, the power of the guilds was broken and artistic activity came to a standstill. Against this background, Jan de Heere sent his son Lucas to Antwerp to study under the leading Flemish painter and draughtsman of his time, Frans Floris.

This was likely also the time when he started composing poetry. One of his students was Karel van Mander. In , he and his father were commissioned by the Ghent magistrate with the decoration of St John's Church - now St Bavo's Cathedral, Ghent - on the occasion of the reunion of the 23rd Chapter of the Golden Fleece.

Lucas de Heere only lived for 50 years, but during that time he left lasting records of Tudor clothing and spaces that have been invaluable in recreating the world of the Tudors Missing: word.

Around , he married Eleonore Carboniers. After the Spanish Netherlands revolted against Philip II of Spain in because of his suppression of the followers of the Reformation movement, De Heere went to France , where he was reportedly employed by Catherine de' Medici to assist in the design of the Valois Tapestries. In , he was employed by Edward Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln to paint a gallery and depict the clothing and costumes of various nations.

He was once again forced to leave the city in , when Ghent surrendered to Spanish Habsburg forces. He was very popular during his career and became immensely rich.