Jan Cosijn

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Maison de la Bellone/Bellonahuis, 1697

Jan Cosijn, Jan Cosijn or Jan Cosyns (in French language literature referred to as Jean Cosyn or Jean Cosyns)

Brussels on 4 March 1646 – Brussels, late March 1708) was a Flemish sculptor and architect active in Brussels. He produced statuary for churches as well as architectural designs and decorative elements for the reconstruction of the Grand-Place/Grote Markt (main square) in Brussels.[2] He further carved delicate ivory reliefs.[3]

Life

Very little is known about Cosijn's life. He was the son of Jan Cosijn and Catharina Provoost.[2] He apprenticed with the master sculptor Aert Moerevelt starting from early 1659. He was admitted in 1678 as a master in the Vier Gekroonden, the Brussels guild of masons, sculptors, stonemasons and shale masons.[4]

On 28 May 1689, Jan Cosijn married Willelmijne van Mierlo (Eindhoven, 1667–Brussels, 1703). His wife was a niece of Elisabeth van Mierlo, the wife of the architect

bombardment of 1695.[2]

Bartholomew the Apostle, Chapel Church, Brussels.

He died in 1708 and was buried in the Church of St. Gaugericus in Brussels. When this church was demolished during the French period in the history of Belgium (1798–1801), the tomb was transferred to the

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Work

Cosijn produced statuary for churches as well as architectural designs and decorative elements for the reconstruction of the Grand-Place in Brussels.[2] He further carved delicate ivory reliefs.[3]

Bust of Bellona on the Maison de la Bellone/Bellonahuis

His religious statuary includes the statue of

Gabriel Grupello, Jan van Delen and Mattheus van Beveren worked on the execution of the sculptural project from about 1673 to 1678.[6][7] Cosijn assisted van Beveren with he sculpting of marble statues for this project, but his exact contribution is not clear.[8]

Young Bacchus with a billy goat

Cosijn continued the traditional link between the stonecutters' and sculptors' trades and architecture, which had been common in the 16th century and even before. Other sculptor-architects of his time included Willem de Bruyn in Brussels, Lucas Faydherbe in Mechelen, and Jan Pieter van Baurscheit the Elder in Antwerp.[9] Cosijn was one of the sculptor-architects who contributed to the rebuilding of Brussels after its destruction in the 1695 bombardment. He designed the Maison de la Bellone/Bellonahuis on the Rue de Flandre/Vlaamsesteenweg.[10] He made the facade sculptures and was possibly the project manager for Le Roy d'Espagne/Den Coninck van Spaignien on the Grand-Place/Grote Markt.[11] The buildings bear Baroque style decorations on an otherwise classical-looking facade. On the Grand-Place/Grote Markt, he was in charge of the summary reconstruction and reparation of the gable top of La Brouette/Den Cruywagen (completed in 1697) and the summary reconstruction of the Bread House in 1695.[12][13]

Cosijn carved some delicate ivory reliefs of

Bacchanals, two of which are now in the collection of the Bavarian National Museum in Munich. The reliefs depict the youth of Bacchus and a Bacchanal with many putti and call to mind the ivory works of the earlier Brussels ivory carver Gerard van Opstal.[3]

References

  1. ^ Liste des sculpteurs et tailleurs de pierres signalée dans le rnêrne avis du magistrat de Bruxelles in: Annales de l'Académie Royale d'Archéologie de Belgique, Volume 23, De Académie Royale d'Archéologie de Belgique, Antwerp, 1867, Imprimerie J.-E. Buschmann, Rue des Israélites, p. 507 (in French)
  2. ^ a b c d Jean-Louis Van Belle et Jan Caluwaerts, Corneille van Nerven. L'architecte méconnu de l'Hôtel de Ville de Bruxelles, Brusses : Safran (éditions), 2014, p. 81 (in French)
  3. ^ a b c Berliner, Rudolf, Die Bildwerke in Elfenbein, Knochen, Hirsch- und Steinbockhorn mit einem Anhange: Elfenbeinarbeiten der Staatlichen Schloßmuseen in Bayern, Augsburg : Filser, 1926, p. 73 (in German)
  4. ^ RTS, Sciences et Lettres. Documents inédits publiés et annotés par Alexandre Pinchart, Messager des sciences historiques, des arts et de la bibliographie de Belgique, Gand, année 1854 : "Archives des Arts, des Sciences et des lettres, sculpteurs et sculptures, Noms des sculpteurs qui ont fait partie du métier des Quatre-Couronnés à Bruxelles, depuis 1621 à 1716"], p. 39 (in French)
  5. ^ Jan Cosyns, Saint Bartholomew at the Belgian Art Links and Tools site. The attribution is based on the Neo-Latin inscription under the statue: chaplain Nicolaus Hustin donated it and J. Cosyn made it.
  6. ^ Jan van Delen, Caritas at Christie's
  7. ^ Jean van Delen at the Biographie Nationale de Belgique, Volume 5, pp. 381-382 (in French)
  8. ^ J.-P. Esther. "Cosyns, Jan." Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press. Web. 4 January 2024
  9. ^ Konrad Ottenheym, Rubens and Huygens on Vitruvius in: Krista De Jonge & Konrad Ottenheym (ed.), 'Unity and Discontinuity Architectural Relations Between the Southern and Northern Low Countries 1530-1700', Brepols 2007, p. 156
  10. ^ Maison de la Bellone/Bellonahuis on the Rue de Flandre/Vlaamsesteenweg at erfgoed.brussels
  11. ^ Le Roy d'Espagne/Den Coninck van Spaignien on the Grand-Place/Grote Markt at erfgoed.brussels
  12. ^ Den Cruywagen Grote Markt 2-3 at erfgoed.brussels
  13. ^ Broodhuis Grote Markt 29 at erfgoed.brussels

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