Here he also met Karel van Mander who later included a biography of Spranger in his Schilder-boeck, first published in 1604 and containing, amongst others, biographies of important Netherlandish painters.
hˈɪɹ hiː ˈɔːlsoʊ mˈɛt kˈɛɹl vˈæn mˈændɚ hˌuː lˈeɪɾɚɹ ɪŋklˈuːdᵻd ɐ baɪˈɑːɡɹəfi ʌv spɹˈeɪndʒɚɹ ɪn hɪz ʃˈaɪldɚbˈoʊk, fˈɜːst pˈʌblɪʃt ɪn wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd sˈɪkshˈʌndɹɪd fˈoːɹ ænd kəntˈeɪnɪŋ, ɐmˌʌŋst ˈʌðɚz, baɪˈɑːɡɹəfiz ʌv ɪmpˈoːɹtənt nˈɛðɚlˌændɪʃ pˈeɪntɚz.