Cornelis IJsbrantsz Cussens

Cornelis Cussens (1580 – 24 May 1618) was a Dutch Golden Age draughtsman and glass painter.

Glass 27 in the Janskerk (Gouda) by Cussens; the Pharisee and the Publican.

Biography

Cussens was born and died in Haarlem. According to Houbraken he was a contemporary of the brothers Crabeth and Willem Thibaut.[1]

According to Karel van Mander who called him Cornelis Ysbrandsz, he was an excellent glass painter who owned some works by Hendrick Goltzius.[2]

According to the RKD he was a draughtsman known for his figures.[3]

References
  1. (in Dutch) Cornelis Cussens Biography in De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature
  2. (in Dutch) Cornelis Ysbrandsz in Karel van Mander's Schilder-boeck, 1604, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature
  3. Cornelis Cussens in the RKD
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