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Artists›Jan Wellens de Cock

Jan Wellens de Cock

Habsburg Netherlands, 1480–1527

WA-00023448

PrintmakingRenaissance

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None documented

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Authority Records (1)

WikidataQ1358762

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3 cross-verified · 0 single-source

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Birth yearDuplicate Merge· 85%✓
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Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1358762
Tier 1 · Institutional40%

About

Why this artist matters now

Jan Wellens de Cock was a Netherlandish painter active in the early sixteenth century, likely based in Antwerp during the period of Flemish panel painting's international ascendancy. Working primarily in oil on wood panel, he produced religious compositions and portraits that reflect the formal conventions and material refinement of Northern Renaissance practice. Little remains of a documented body of work, and his artistic identity remains partially reconstructed through archival records and stylistic analysis rather than secure attributions.

Source: Wikidata · Trust score: 40% · Updated 17d ago

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Renaissance

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Printmaking

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Rijksmuseum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art

Canonical record

Artworks (7)

The Temptation of Saint Anthony

1522 · paint

sheet (trimmed to block): 26.3 × 38.2 cm (10 3/8 × 15 1/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Temptation of St. Anthony (Jacobus de Voragine, Legenda aurea, Vitae Patrum)

1522 · oil paint

Sheet, border incomplete: 26.4 × 38.3 cm (10 7/16 × 15 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Verzoeking van de heilige Antonius

1522 · paper

width: 384 cm, height: 267 cm

Rijksmuseum

The Stragglers

1515 · woodcut on laid paper

sheet: 25.4 × 37.3 cm (10 × 14 11/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

WattsOS

Temptation of St. Anthony (recto); Fantastic Landscape (verso)

1515 · Pen, or point of the brush, and gray ink, heightened with white gouache, on green prepared paper; verso: pen and brown ink

7 5/8 x 9 15/16 in. (19.3 x 25.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Joachim's Offering Refused

1500 · Pen and black ink

10 5/8 x 10 3/4 in. (27 x 27.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Johannes op het eiland Patmos

1490 · paper

height: 266 cm, width: 377 cm

Rijksmuseum

Artwork sources (5)

7 published of 13 catalogued · 12 with image

Rijksmuseum
2 published2 img
The Met
2 published1 img
Nga
2 published2 img
Art Institute Chicago
1 published1 img
+ 1 more source · 6 catalogued, not yet published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 5)

13 entries · 2 sources

The Temptation of Saint Anthony
1522 · Nga · 5 prov
Wikidata·titleWikidata·mediumWikidata·year_createdWikidata·primary_image_urlWikidata·artwork_type
Temptation of St. Anthony (Jacobus de Voragine, Legenda aurea, Vitae Patrum)
1522 · AIC · 4 prov
Wikidata·titleWikidata·mediumWikidata·primary_image_urlWikidata·artwork_type
The Stragglers
1515 · Nga · 2 prov
Wikidata·titleWikidata·primary_image_url
Johannes op het eiland Patmos
1490 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Verzoeking van de heilige Antonius
1522 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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Art Institute of Chicago

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Collections4

Rijksmuseum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art

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Rijksmuseum

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Art Institute of Chicago

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National Gallery of Art

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