Netherlandish painter and draftsman who painted biblical scenes, mythological subjects and portraits. He studied under Hendrick Sweersz. in Delft and Frans Floris in Antwerp. He was active in Delft between 1557 and 1572. He was in Rome in 1572, after which he settled for good in Utrecht, joining a guild there in 1577. In 1579, he painted his best known work, the triptych The Assumption of the Virgin that is now in the Basilica of St. Martin in Bingen am Rhein. He worked in Utrecht until his death in 1583. Blocklandt van Montfoort was the teacher of Abraham Bloemaert, Cornelis Ketel and Michiel van Miereveld. //