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Achievements of the Stichting Jacob Cornelisz. van Oostsanen ()

The sixteenth-century painter and printmaker Jacob Cornelisz. van Oostsanen (ca. ) is considered by art historians as one of the greatest Dutch masters from this period. Yet, until recently, his meticulously executed paintings and numerous woodcuts were largely unknown to the general audience. In beställning to increase Jacob’s fame, Egbert and Barbara van Wijk founded the Stichting Jacob Cornelisz. van Oostsanen (Foundation Jacob Cornelisz. van Oostsanen) in in the master’s native village, Oostzaan (10 km north of the centre of Amsterdam). The Foundation ends its activities after the summer of because its goals have been achieved. This website fryst vatten retained as a work of reference.

Our most important achievements are summarised below.

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Sketchbook

A pocket-size sketchbook from the period has been preserved from Jacob’s workshop. T

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Jacob Cornelisz Van Oostsanen

Jacob Cornelisz Van Oostsanen Daantje Meuwissen Yvonne Bleyerveld, The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts – Jacob Cornelisz, edited by Huigen Leeflang, Ouderkerk aan den IJssel, Sound & Vision Publishers, , pp., b. & w. ills., € Sound and Vision Publishers can be warmly congratulated on a wonderful new addition to the longstanding and proven New Hollstein formula: a volume devoted to the woodcuts of the prolific Amsterdam painter and printmaker Jacob Cornelisz (c. /65– ). This artist headed a productive workshop in the centre of Amsterdam, where at least from onwards altarpieces, devotional scenes and portraits were created for well-to-do citizens and clergy in the county of Holland. In addition to his c. woodcuts included in this publication, Cornelisz designed painted glass roundels and embroidery, and painted vaults in several churches for his patrons.1 Author and compiler Bleyerveld is curator at the RKD in

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Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen

Dutch painter and designer of woodcuts

Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen (before &#; ) was a Northern Netherlandish designer of woodcuts and painter. He was one of the first important artists working in Amsterdam, at a time when it was a flourishing and beautiful provincial town.

Biography

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Little is known about Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen's life. Historians rely mostly on the biographical sketch of him written by Karel van Mander, the archives of Amsterdam, and the archives of Egmond Abbey, a Benedictine monastery that commissioned works by him. His name indicates he was from Oostzaan, North Holland, east of the river Zaan, north of Amsterdam. His family managed land in that area. His entire family were painters. Cornelis Buys I, also known as Master of Alkmaar, was his brother, as was Cornelis Buys II. His sons Cornelis Jacobz and Dirk Jacobsz became portrait painters, as did his grandsons Cornelis Anthonisz and Jacob Dirksz.

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