Jan Wellens de Cock

January Wellens de Cock (also: Jan de Cock, * 1475 /80 † 1527/28 in Antwerp) was a Flemish painter of the Renaissance and is assigned to the Northern Mannerism. Its origin and identity are unclear, perhaps it is identical to a Jan van Leyen, who settled in 1503 in Antwerp.

Life and work

January Wellens de Cock is with the painters Pieter Huys (around 1519/20-1581/84 ), Herri met de Bles ( 1500 /10 - after 1555) and Jan Mandyn (around 1500/02-1559/60 ) of a group of Flemish Painters assigned in Antwerp, as an imitator of Hieronymus Bosch (c. 1450/60-1516 ), the tradition of fantastic painting continued and led to a northern Mannerism (as opposed to Italian Mannerism ) justified. De Cock 1506 champion in the Antwerp Guild of St. Luke in 1520 and their dean. Puyvelde approves him only a single secure work, a landscape with Saint Christopher to! Many write-ups, particularly the Antony temptations, lack of safe basis and assigned to different painters in art history, including Cornelis and Pieter Cornelisz. or Aertgen van Leyden. The sons de Cocks, Jerome (c. 1510-1570 ) and Matthys (around 1509-1548 ), take over the workshop and explain in Antwerp a famous art publishing with print shop where among other things, the drawings and engravings Pieter Brueghel (c. 1525/30-1569 ) are common.

Graphics / painting

• The Saint Christopher ( nd), Oil on wood, 33 × 46 cm, Germany, private collection
• The Temptation of Saint Anthony ( 1522), woodcut, 260 × 380 mm, Zurich, ETH Collection of Prints
• The Temptation of Saint Anthony ( c.1510 / 20), drawing, 19.3 x 25.2 cm New York, Metropolitan Museum
• The Nativity ( nd), oil on panel, 62.4 × 46.5 cm, Zagreb, Strossmayerova Galerija
• The Temptation of St. Anthony (ca. 1520), Oil on wood, 60 × 45.5 cm, Madrid, Museo Thyssen- Bornemisza