 The artist was first recognized and named by German art historian Max Jakob Friedländer, who specialized in Early Netherlandish painting.Speculation on which known painter he may be identified with has so far been fruitless.He is supposed to have been trained first in Leuven, probably with Dieric Bouts, and later in Haarlem, with some of his works, like the "Tiburtine Sibyl", showing clear influences of Geertgen tot Sint Jans.