Joannes Corvus (
fl. 1512 – 1544), or Johannes Corvus, was a
Flemish
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* Flemish, adjective for Flanders, Belgium
* Flemish region, one of the three regions of Belgium
*Flemish Community, one of the three constitutionally defined language communities of Belgium
* Flemish dialects, a Dutch dialec ...
portrait painter who was active in the 16th century.
Biography
Corvus has been identified with Jan Rave, a native of
Bruges
Bruges ( , ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the province of West Flanders, in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is in the northwest of the country, and is the sixth most populous city in the country.
The area of the whole city amoun ...
, received master in that town in 1512, who subsequently came to England, and, like many of his fellow-countrymen, Latinised his name.
George Vertue
George Vertue (1684 – 24 July 1756) was an English engraver and antiquary, whose notebooks on British art of the first half of the 18th century are a valuable source for the period.
Life
Vertue was born in 1684 in St Martin-in-the-Fields ...
was the first to discover his existence, finding the inscription ''Joannes Corvus Flandrus faciebat'' on the frame of a portrait of
Bishop Fox, the founder, at
Corpus Christi College, Oxford
Corpus Christi College (formally, Corpus Christi College in the University of Oxford; informally abbreviated as Corpus or CCC) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1517 by Richard Fo ...
, which he engraved for
Richard Fiddes's ''Life of Cardinal Wolsey''. In 1820 this portrait was placed in a new frame, and the old frame was destroyed. Vertue's statement is authenticated by the existence of a portrait of
Mary Tudor, the daughter of
Henry VII, which has a frame and inscription similar to that of Bishop Fox, as described by Vertue. This picture, after being restored extensively, was in the possession of the Des Vœux family, and subsequently in the Dent collection. In this portrait there is a groundwork of gold showing through the colour of the dress, which is painted over it.
Gallery
File:Bishop Richard Foxe.jpg, Richard Foxe
References
;Attribution
External links
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16th-century Flemish painters
Flemish portrait painters
Painters from Bruges