Cornelia Cnoop Explained

Cornelia Cnoop
Birth Date:1450
Nationality:Netherlandish

Cornelia Cnoop or Cnopp (born 1450) was an 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]

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]

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Notes and References

  1. https://rkd.nl/explore/images/50348 painting record
  2. 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
  3. http://www.geschiedkundigeverenigingoudewater.nl/beroemde+inwoners//10002/Gerard+David+(ca+1460-1523,+schilder).html Cornelia Cnoop
  4. http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/molh003nieu10_01/molh003nieu10_01_0326.php Gerard David
  5. Cornelia Cnoop in Bénézit
  6. https://books.google.com/books?id=P1Kmpi4bOygC&pg=PA157 Early Netherlandish Paintings: Rediscovery, Reception, and Research