Jan Wellens de Cock (c. 1490-1527)Jan Wellens de Cock probably came originally from Leiden but settled in Antwerp as a painter and probably also as an engraver. His work was influenced by painter Cornelis Engebrechtsz of Leiden and his Antwerp contemporaries. Wellens de Cock was - along with his fellow townsman Joos van Cleve - one of the few painters in the north interested in landscape in the early sixteenth century. Later, this interest was to spread to broader circles. Wellens de Cock was the father of landscape painter Matthijs Cock and Hieronymus Cock, who acquired fame as one of the first professional print publishers in northern Europe. |
