Like so many other artists, he belonged to an Anabaptist family that fled north from the Spanish-occupied Southern Netherlands when Roelant was about 4 years old and settled in Haarlem around 1585.
Like many other artists, he was part of an Anabaptist family that fled north from the Spanish-occupied Southern Netherlands when Roelant was around 4 years old and settled in Haarlem around 1585.