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Jan Cossiers
Flemish painter
Known forFlemish painter (died 1671)
Jan Cossiers was a Flemish painter and draughtsman. Cossiers' earliest works were Caravaggesque genre works depicting low life scenes. Later in his career he painted mostly history and religious subjects as well as portraits. Cossiers was one of the leading painters in Antwerp after Rubens' death in 1640 and one of the most original colorists in 17th-century Flanders. He was an accomplished draughtsman who created some sensitive portrait drawings executed in a very varied and fluid manner. Birthdays.fyi indexes this profile with birthday, age, profession cluster, source links, and nearby people born on July 15.
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About Jan Cossiers
Jan Cossiers was a Flemish painter and draughtsman. Cossiers' earliest works were Caravaggesque genre works depicting low life scenes. Later in his career he painted mostly history and religious subjects as well as portraits. Cossiers was one of the leading painters in Antwerp after Rubens' death in 1640 and one of the most original colorists in 17th-century Flanders. He was an accomplished draughtsman who created some sensitive portrait drawings executed in a very varied and fluid manner. Birthdays.fyi indexes this profile with birthday, age, profession cluster, source links, and nearby people born on July 15.
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Flemish painter (died 1671). This page is tagged with Arts & Letters, Historical, Global, July 15.
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