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Albert Cornelis

active 1512; died 1531

Cornelis was active in Bruges from 1512 and died in 1531. There are many indications that he ran a large business as a painter and was probably also a dealer in pcitures.  

He was responsible for a triptych of the Coronation of the Virgin commissioned by a Bruges Guild in 1517 and delivered in 1517. The central panel survives in Bruges (Church of St James) and the faces, documented as his work as a result of a lawsuit, provide evidence of his style as a painter.

Paintings by Albert Cornelis

The Magdalen in a Landscape
The Magdalen in a Landscape
Albert Cornelis
Mary Magdalene, wearing a red mantle over a startlingly see-through dress, kneels in prayer in a landscape. A splendid manuscript, presumably a Book of Hours, rests on a large, conveniently shaped rock in front of her. Although she is gazing inwards, her eyes unfocused, the object of her prayer a...
Not on display
The Virgin and Child in a Landscape
The Virgin and Child in a Landscape
Albert Cornelis and Associates
The Virgin Mary sits on the ground under a tree, breastfeeding the Christ Child. Behind her we see horsemen riding along a road and, on the right, Saint John the Baptist accompanied by a lamb. The composition is an echo of Robert Campin’s Virgin in the Apse.The Virgin’s head and hands are stylise...
Not on display
The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne
The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne
Workshop of Albert Cornelis
The Virgin, Christ Child and Saint Anne, the Virgin’s mother, sit in a small ‘paradise’ garden. Saint Anne holds a fruit, probably a pear, in one hand and reaches out to Christ with the other. A book lies open on her knees.The garden is edged by a turf bench supported by bricks, on which Anne is...
Not on display