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Cornelis Bos

Also known as: Cornelis Bos; primary name: Bos, Cornelis; other name: Bosch, Cornelis; other name: Bus, Cornelis
Details: individual; painter/draughtsman; printmaker; Dutch; Male
Life dates: c.1515-1556
Biography: Engraver and publisher. Probably born at 's-Hertogenbosch, c.1515. First documented Antwerp in 1537 working with Heemskerk; by 1538 collaborating with Pieter Coecke van Aelst; in 1540s active as print publisher, until expelled from the city in 1544 for heresy, and his stock confiscated and sold. Possibly went first to Paris; certainly in Nuremberg 1546-8; then in Groeningen from 1548 until his death in 1555; became a citizen there in 1550. Stock sold by his widow to Hans Liefrinck in 1556. The old theory that he worked in 1548-1550 in Rome (under Marco da Ravenna and Aenea Vico) is now proven to be false.
Bibliography: Hollstein III, pp.120-127 (147 nos.) Sune Schéle, 'Cornelis Bos, a study of the origins of the Netherlands grotesque', Stockholm 1965. P. van der Coelen 'Cornelis Bos, some new discoveries about a XVIc engraver and publisher', in Simiolus, 23 1995, pp.119-46. Jan van der Stock, 'Printing images in Antwerp', 1998, pp.136-37.

84 related objects

drawing

Museum number: 1933,1205.4 |
Producer name: Attributed to:Cornelis BosFormerly attributed to:Giulio Romano |
Production date: 1530-1580

print; ornament print

Title: Vertical trophies |
Museum number: 1874,0711.1842 |
Producer name: BIOG20320 Print made by:Cornelis Bos |
Production date: 1550

print; ornament print

Museum number: 1928,0313.111 |
Producer name: BIOG20320 Print made by:Cornelis Bos |
Production date: 1550

print; ornament print

Title: Cartouches with French proverbs |
Museum number: 1869,0410.1550 |
Producer name: BIOG20320 Print made by:Cornelis Bos |
Production date: 1550

print

Title: The Wedding Dancers |
Museum number: 1979,U.303 |
Producer name: BIOG20320 Print made by:Cornelis Bos |
Production date: 1530-1556

print

Title: The Wedding Dancers |
Museum number: 1979,U.300 |
Producer name: BIOG20320 Print made by:Cornelis Bos |
Production date: 1530-1556

print

Museum number: 1928,0313.110 |
Producer name: BIOG20320 Print made by:Cornelis Bos |
Production date: 1546

print; ornament print

Title: Grotesque panels with strapwork and cartouches |
Museum number: 1850,0527.175 |
Producer name: BIOG20320 Print made by:Cornelis Bos |
Production date: 1550

print; ornament print

Title: Grotesque panels in the style of the Vatican Loggie |
Museum number: 1925,0723.8 |
Producer name: BIOG20320 Print made by:Cornelis Bos |
Production date: 1548

print; ornament print

Title: Grotesque panels in the style of the Vatican Loggie |
Museum number: 1925,0723.6 |
Producer name: BIOG20320 Print made by:Cornelis Bos |
Production date: 1548

print; ornament print

Title: Cartouches with French proverbs |
Museum number: 1869,0410.1546 |
Producer name: BIOG20320 Print made by:Cornelis Bos |
Production date: 1550

print

Title: The Wedding Dancers |
Museum number: 1979,U.297 |
Producer name: BIOG20320 Print made by:Cornelis Bos |
Production date: 1530-1556

print

Museum number: 1869,0612.496 |
Producer name: Print made by:Cornelis BosAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1537

print

Museum number: 1874,0711.751 |
Producer name: Print made by:Cornelis BosAfter:Michelangelo |
Production date: 1550

print

Title: The Wedding Dancers |
Museum number: 1979,U.298 |
Producer name: BIOG20320 Print made by:Cornelis Bos |
Production date: 1530-1556

print

Museum number: 1924,0714.15 |
Producer name: BIOG20320 Print made by:Cornelis Bos |
Production date: 1530-1556

print; ornament print

Title: Cartouches with French proverbs |
Museum number: 1869,0410.1553 |
Producer name: BIOG20320 Print made by:Cornelis Bos |
Production date: 1550

print

Museum number: 1874,0808.1969 |
Producer name: Print made by:Cornelis BosAfter:Lambert Lombard |
Production date: 1545

print

Museum number: 1871,1209.4641 |
Producer name: BIOG20320 Print made by:Cornelis Bos |
Production date: 1548

print

Museum number: Gg,4I.18 |
Producer name: After:Cornelis BosAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1537

print; ornament print

Title: Grotesque panels with strapwork and cartouches |
Museum number: 1850,0527.174 |
Producer name: BIOG20320 Print made by:Cornelis Bos |
Production date: 1546

print; ornament print

Title: Cartouches with French proverbs |
Museum number: 1869,0410.1555 |
Producer name: BIOG20320 Print made by:Cornelis Bos |
Production date: 1550

print; ornament print

Title: Cartouches with French proverbs |
Museum number: 1869,0410.1545 |
Producer name: BIOG20320 Print made by:Cornelis Bos |
Production date: 1550

print; ornament print

Title: Cartouches with French proverbs |
Museum number: 1869,0410.1560 |
Producer name: BIOG20320 Print made by:Cornelis Bos |
Production date: 1550

print; ornament print

Title: Grotesque panels in the style of the Vatican Loggie |
Museum number: 1925,0723.7 |
Producer name: BIOG20320 Print made by:Cornelis Bos |
Production date: 1548

print; ornament print

Title: Cartouches with French proverbs |
Museum number: 1869,0410.1544 |
Producer name: BIOG20320 Print made by:Cornelis Bos |
Production date: 1550

print

Museum number: 1871,0812.84 |
Producer name: Formerly attributed to:Virgil SolisAttributed to:Cornelis Bos |
Production date: 1530-1560

print

Museum number: 1949,0709.50 |
Producer name: Print made by:Cornelis BosAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1550

print

Museum number: 2006,U.586 |
Producer name: Print made by:Cornelis BosAfter:Marcantonio |
Production date: 1546

print

Museum number: 1929,0715.23 |
Producer name: Print made by:Cornelis BosAfter:Giulio Romano |
Production date: 1530-1556

print

Museum number: 1874,0808.2043 |
Producer name: Print made by:Cornelis BosAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1546

print

Museum number: 1856,1213.69 |
Producer name: Print made by:Cornelis BosAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1546

print

Museum number: 1874,0808.1542 |
Producer name: Print made by:Cornelis BosIntermediary draughtsman:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1530-1556

print

Museum number: 1847,1009.16 |
Producer name: Print made by:Cornelis BosAfter:Michelangelo |
Production date: 1530-1550

print

Museum number: V,10.97 |
Producer name: Print made by:Cornelis BosAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1546

print

Museum number: 1928,0716.22 |
Producer name: BIOG20320 Print made by:Cornelis Bos |
Production date: 1530-1556

print

Museum number: 1951,0407.126 |
Producer name: Print made by:Cornelis BosAfter:Michiel Coxie I |
Production date: 1530-1556

print; album

Title: The Victories of Emperor Charles V |
Museum number: 1947,0319.8.1-12 |
Producer name: After:Maarten van HeemskerckPrint made by:Dirk Volkertsz Coornhert |
Production date: 1556 |
Production place: Published in:Antwerp (city)

print

Museum number: Ii,16.8 |
Producer name: Print made by:Cornelis BosAfter:Michelangelo |
Production date: 1530-1556

print

Museum number: 1928,0313.85 |
Producer name: Print made by:Cornelis BosAfter:Michelangelo |
Production date: 1530-1556

print

Title: The Acts or Story of St Paul |
Museum number: 1871,1209.4643 |
Producer name: BIOG20320 Print made by:Cornelis Bos |
Production date: 1547

print

Museum number: 1878,0713.161 |
Producer name: Print made by:Cornelis BosAfter:Michelangelo |
Production date: 1530-1556

print; ornament print

Title: Cartouches with French proverbs |
Museum number: 1869,0410.1558 |
Producer name: BIOG20320 Print made by:Cornelis Bos |
Production date: 1550

print; ornament print

Title: Cartouches with French proverbs |
Museum number: 1869,0410.1543 |
Producer name: BIOG20320 Print made by:Cornelis Bos |
Production date: 1550

print; ornament print

Title: Cartouches with French proverbs |
Museum number: 1869,0410.1559 |
Producer name: BIOG20320 Print made by:Cornelis Bos |
Production date: 1550

print

Title: The Wedding Dancers |
Museum number: E,4.224 |
Producer name: BIOG20320 Print made by:Cornelis Bos |
Production date: 1530-1556

print; ornament print

Title: Cartouches with French proverbs |
Museum number: 1869,0410.1556 |
Producer name: BIOG20320 Print made by:Cornelis Bos |
Production date: 1550

print; ornament print

Title: Cartouches with French proverbs |
Museum number: 1869,0410.1549 |
Producer name: BIOG20320 Print made by:Cornelis Bos |
Production date: 1550

print

Museum number: 1950,0520.430 |
Producer name: Print made by:Cornelis BosAfter:Frans Floris |
Production date: 1550

print

Museum number: 1928,1212.10 |
Producer name: Print made by:Cornelis BosAfter:Michelangelo |
Production date: 1550

print; ornament print

Title: Cartouches with French proverbs |
Museum number: 1869,0410.1554 |
Producer name: BIOG20320 Print made by:Cornelis Bos |
Production date: 1550

print

Title: The story of Lot |
Museum number: 1928,0313.178 |
Producer name: Print made by:Cornelis BosAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1551

print; ornament print

Museum number: 1874,0711.1700 |
Producer name: BIOG20320 Print made by:Cornelis Bos |
Production date: 1550

print; ornament print

Title: Cartouches with French proverbs |
Museum number: 1869,0410.1552 |
Producer name: BIOG20320 Print made by:Cornelis Bos |
Production date: 1550

print

Title: The Wedding Dancers |
Museum number: 1979,U.304 |
Producer name: BIOG20320 Print made by:Cornelis Bos |
Production date: 1530-1556

print

Museum number: 1951,0407.75 |
Producer name: Print made by:Cornelis BosAfter:Raphael |
Production date: 1551

print; ornament print

Title: Cartouches with French proverbs |
Museum number: 1869,0410.1547 |
Producer name: BIOG20320 Print made by:Cornelis Bos |
Production date: 1550

print; ornament print

Title: Cartouches with French proverbs |
Museum number: 1869,0410.1542 |
Producer name: BIOG20320 Print made by:Cornelis Bos |
Production date: 1550

print

Museum number: 1871,1209.4642 |
Producer name: BIOG20320 Print made by:Cornelis Bos |
Production date: 1530-1556

print

Museum number: F,1.53 |
Producer name: Print made by:Cornelis BosAfter:Frans Floris |
Production date: 1554

print; ornament print

Title: Vertical trophies |
Museum number: 1874,0711.1841 |
Producer name: BIOG20320 Print made by:Cornelis Bos |
Production date: 1550

print

Museum number: Nn,7.17.1 |
Producer name: Print made by:Cornelis BosAfter:Giulio Romano |
Production date: 1530-1556

print

Title: The Wedding Dancers |
Museum number: 1979,U.301 |
Producer name: BIOG20320 Print made by:Cornelis Bos |
Production date: 1530-1556

print

Title: The Wedding Dancers |
Museum number: 1979,U.299 |
Producer name: BIOG20320 Print made by:Cornelis Bos |
Production date: 1530-1556

print; ornament print

Title: Grotesque panels in the style of the Vatican Loggie |
Museum number: 1925,0723.5 |
Producer name: BIOG20320 Print made by:Cornelis Bos |
Production date: 1548

print; ornament print

Title: Grotesque panels with strapwork and cartouches |
Museum number: 1850,0527.176 |
Producer name: BIOG20320 Print made by:Cornelis Bos |
Production date: 1552

print

Museum number: Ii,5.40 |
Producer name: Print made by:Cornelis BosAfter:Lambert Lombard |
Production date: 1545

print

Museum number: E,1.303 |
Producer name: Print made by:Cornelis BosAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1547

print

Title: The Wedding Dancers |
Museum number: E,4.223 |
Producer name: BIOG20320 Print made by:Cornelis Bos |
Production date: 1530-1556

print; ornament print

Museum number: 1972,U.991 |
Producer name: BIOG20320 Print made by:Cornelis Bos |
Production date: 1538

print

Title: The Wedding Dancers |
Museum number: 1979,U.302 |
Producer name: BIOG20320 Print made by:Cornelis Bos |
Production date: 1530-1556

print; ornament print

Title: Cartouches with French proverbs |
Museum number: 1869,0410.1548 |
Producer name: BIOG20320 Print made by:Cornelis Bos |
Production date: 1550

print; ornament print

Title: Cartouches with French proverbs |
Museum number: 1869,0410.1551 |
Producer name: BIOG20320 Print made by:Cornelis Bos |
Production date: 1550

print

Museum number: 1874,0808.248 |
Producer name: Print made by:Cornelis BosAfter:Agostino Veneziano |
Production date: 1537

print; ornament print

Title: Cartouches with French proverbs |
Museum number: 1869,0410.1557 |
Producer name: BIOG20320 Print made by:Cornelis Bos |
Production date: 1550

print; ornament print

Museum number: 1886,0111.90 |
Producer name: BIOG20320 Print made by:Cornelis Bos |
Production date: 1550

print

Title: Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae |
Museum number: 1947,0319.26.47 |
Producer name: BIOG20320 Print made by:Cornelis Bos |
Production date: 1548 |
Production place: Published in:Rome (city)

print

Museum number: Ii,5.26 |
Producer name: Print made by:Cornelis BosAfter:Michiel Coxie I |
Production date: 1530-1556

print

Museum number: 1874,0808.332 |
Producer name: Print made by:Cornelis BosAfter:Michelangelo |
Production date: 1530-1550

print

Museum number: E,1.279 |
Producer name: BIOG20320 Print made by:Cornelis Bos |
Production date: 1548

print

Museum number: 1860,0414.156 |
Producer name: Print made by:Monogrammist CFBFormerly attributed to:Cornelis Bos |
Production date: 1540-1550

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