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#Maximilian of #Thavaste said,
“You can cut off my head, but I will not be a #soldier of this world, for I am a soldier of #Christ.”
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🖼️St Nicolas halting the arms of an executioner about to #behead a captive, Jan Cossiers
#Art #ArtWork #Martyr #Christian
For the 15th of April, our #17thCenturyMasterpiece is
'Crucifixion with Donor', by Jan Cossiers.
Musée de Hôpital Notre-Dame à la Rose, Lessines.
Prometheus Carrying Fire (1630s) by Jan Cossiers (Flemish, 1600 – 1671). Prometheus stole fire from the gods so that he could give it to mankind, thereby leading to the development of civilisation. #FolkloreThursday
The Mystic Marriage of St Catherine, Jan Cossiers, None. If you like this content please consider following ! #art #painting #artgallery #fineart
Born #OnThisDay in 1600: Southern Netherlandish painter #JanCossiers (1600-71)
Portrait of Cornelis Cossiers, 1658
#Cossiers #SouthernNetherlandishArt #ChildrenInArt
Born #OnThisDay in 1600: Southern Netherlandish painter #JanCossiers (1600-71)
Portrait of a a young man (Jacobus Cossiers ?)
#Cossiers #SouthernNetherlandishArt
Born #OnThisDay in 1600: Southern Netherlandish painter #JanCossiers (1600-71)
Self-portrait, 1630s
#Cossiers #SouthernNetherlandishArt
Dulwich Picture Gallery
Stars strangely allied on July 15ths for visual culture and classics when it's the birthday not only of Inigo Jones and Rembrandt van Rijn but of Jan Cossiers in 1600. His Prometheus and Narcissus really get under the emotional skin of Greek mythology.
Overthrow of the Old Order - #mythologymonday - Prometheus the titan steals fire from the Gods and gives it to mankind - sparking them into civilisation, technology and creativity (gets punished by being tied to a rock getting pecked at by an eagle). Art by Jan Cossiers (1630s)