Jan Coxie

Jan Coxie (baptized on 26 February 1629 – 1670) was a Flemish painter and draughtsman mainly known for his landscape paintings. He was a member of the Coxie family of artists which played an important role in the development of Flemish painting in the 16th and 17th centuries.

Life

Jan Coxie was born in Mechelen as the son of Michiel Coxie III. He was a great-grandson of Michiel Coxie, one of the leading Flemish Renaissance painters who was known as the 'Flemish Raphael'. Jan Coxie trained under his father and was accepted as a master of the local Guild of Saint Luke in 1651.

Jan Coxie married Joanna Biset in 1650 or in 1667 according to different sources. Joanna Biset was the sister of the painter Charles Emmanuel Biset. Charles Emmanuel Biset was originally also from Mechelen but had settled in Antwerp where he was director of the Academy of Antwerp.

The paintings in the Park Abbey also include topographical paintings such as the Landscape with view of Heverlee.

Four works at the Park Abbey (documented 1651) have minor figures painted by Jan van Rintel while the other two signed ones have none.