Jan Cossiers

Jan Cossiers^[1] (Antwerp, 15 July 1600 – Antwerp, 4 July 1671) 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.^[2] 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.^[3] He was an accomplished draughtsman who created some sensitive portrait drawings executed in a very varied and fluid manner.^[2]

^ Alternative spellings of name: Jan Caussiers, Jan Coetsiers, Jan Cotsiers, Jan Coutsiers
^ ^a ^b Nicholas Turner, European Drawings 4: Catalogue of the Collections, Getty Publications, 2001, pp. 123–125
^ Julius Samuel Held, Flemish and German Paintings of the 17th Century, Detroit Institute of Arts Wayne State, pp. 25–26

[1] Alternative spellings of name: Jan Caussiers, Jan Coetsiers, Jan Cotsiers, Jan Coutsiers

[turner-2] Nicholas Turner, European Drawings 4: Catalogue of the Collections, Getty Publications, 2001, pp. 123–125

[held-3] Julius Samuel Held, Flemish and German Paintings of the 17th Century, Detroit Institute of Arts Wayne State, pp. 25–26

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