Cornelia Cnoop or Cnopp (born 1450) was a Netherlandish miniature painter. A painting attributed to her hand was exhibited in 1902 in Bruges during the Exposition des primitifs flamands à Bruges, in the Provinciaal Hof as catalog number 130.[1]
Cornelia Cnoop | |
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.jpg) Portrait of Cornelia as donor in Virgin among the Virgins (Virgo inter Virgines) (1509), by her husband Gerard David. | |
| Born | 1450 |
| Nationality | Netherlandish |
She was married to the painter and manuscript illuminator Gerard David.[2]
She was born in Bruges as the daughter of the goldsmith Jacob Cnoop de Jongere and Kathelijne uter Vorst.[3] Her father was a dean of the goldsmiths' guild.[4] She married Gerard David in 1497.[5] They had a daughter Barbara.[3] In 1509 her husband donated a Virgo inter Virgines to the church of the Carmelites, that included a self-portrait on the left and a portrait of his wife on the right.[6]
References
edit- ^ painting record in the RKD
- ^ Kren, Scott; McKendrick, Scot; Ainsworth, Maryan; Moodey, Elizabeth J. "Illuminating the Renaissance: The Triumph of Flemish Manuscript Painting". Renaissance Quarterly. Volume 57, No. 3, Autumn 2004. p. 344
- ^ a b Cornelia Cnoop in historical society biography of Gerard David
- ^ Gerard David in the NNBW
- ^ Cornelia Cnoop in Bénézit
- ^ Early Netherlandish Paintings: Rediscovery, Reception, and Research, edited by Bernhard Ridderbos, Anne van Buren, Henk Th. van Veen, 2005, ISBN 978-0892368167