Jan Cossiers
Flemish painter (1600-1671) · Artists · Died at 70
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.
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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.
Category
Artists
Type
Artist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1600 to 1671 · aged 70
