Gillis II Coignet

Gillis II Coignet (Antwerp September 1586^[1] - Antwerp after 1641^[2]) was a Flemish history and landscape painter.

Gillis II was the son of Jacob Coignet (III) and Hester van Beringen.^[3] He married Magdalena van der Beken on 29 September 1609. He had at least nine children: Jacob, Joanna, Anna, Egidius, Hester, Barbara, Michiel, Maria, Gulielmus.^[4] He joined the Guild of St. Luke in 1607 as a master's son.^[5] He was active until at least 1641/42.

Gillis' style resembles that of Gillis van Coninxloo and the Frankenthal school. Gillis' son Jacob was also a painter.

Works

Orpheus plays for the animals, oil on copper, diameter 39,5 cm, Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten Brussel, inv. 11240 (90).
Rural road with river, 1621, pen on parchment, verkoop P. de Boer, Amsterdam 1934.
Adam and Eve, 37,5 x 26 cm, also ascribed to C.C. van Haarlem, Sotheby's, 20 April 1977.
Landscape with trees, panel, 20 x 51 cm, Sotheby Parke Bernet, London, 10 December 1980.
Riverine landscape, panel, 16 x 32 cm, Sotheby Parke Bernet, London, 16 februari 1983.
Die Allegorie des wassers, oil on copper, 26 x 34,5 cm, also ascribed to Jan van Kessel, Dorotheum, Wien, 6 mei 1996.
(1) Sint-Francis and the animals, oil on copper, 42,5 x 51 cm, Campo Vlaamse Kaai, Antwerpen, 10–11 December 1996.
(2) The temptation in the Garden of Eden, oil on copper, 42,5 x 51 cm, Phillips, London,10 December 1991, together with (1).
Riverine landscape with trees (ascribed), oil on copper, 17,5 x 22,6 cm, De Vuyst, 2015.

Sources

Meskens, Ad (1998). Familia Universalis: Coignet. Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp.

Rombouts, Philip Felix; van Lerius, Theodoor (1874). De liggeren en andere historische archieven der Antwerpsche Sint Lucasgilde. Baggerman.

References

↑ SAA (City Archives Antwerp) PR42 C23; PR46, f309v, St-Jacobskerk: 12-9-1586; Pk3573; SR636, f1r-v.
↑ SAA Pk3573; N2535, dd. 6 juni 1639; V1419, dd. 22 jan 1650; N3763, dd. 25-2-1646, f34r-35r.
↑ SAA PR42 C23; PR46, f309v, St-Jacobskerk: 12-9-1586. Some art historians have hypothesized wrongly that he is the son of Gillis Coignet.
↑ Ad Meskens (1998) p.181.
↑ P. Rombouts & T. van Lerius (1874) II, p.442

Authority control	BPN: 41281438 RKD: 17940

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 5/20/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.