Derick Baegert
(b c. 1440; d Wesel, after
1502).
He worked in Wesel in the lower Rhine
region, but similarities in style between
Derick’s works and panel paintings and book
illustrations made in Utrecht indicate that he
may have trained in that city. He was in Wesel
by 1476 and painted a flag, probably for the
town hall. From that year he is frequently
mentioned in contracts, accounts and tax lists.
In 1490 Derick’s son Jan was already a master,
which suggests he was at least 25 and
consequently Derick must then have been about
50. His home in the Mathena quarter of Wesel is
last mentioned in 1502.