Karel van Mander records that Lucas Gassel was born in Helmond and moved to Brussels, where he died around 1568. Nothing is known about his training and career. His œuvre actually comprises around ten signed compositions dated between 1530 - 1560, which testify to his landscape ability. With Henri Bles and Cornelis Massys, he appears to have been a major follower of Joachim Patinir's panoramic views, using the same atmospheric perspective with a dotted brownish green foreground fading to a light blue grey background, and displaying the same high, distant horizon punctuated by rocky mountains and with a biblical scene in the foreground.

Works of his mature period include the Parable of Whea...