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Temptation of St. Anthony (recto); Fantastic Landscape (verso)

1515·Pen, or point of the brush, and gray ink, heightened with white gouache, on green prepared paper; verso: pen and brown ink·7 5/8 x 9 15/16 in. (19.3 x 25.2 cm)

Catalogue

Year: 1515
Medium: Pen, or point of the brush, and gray ink, heightened with white gouache, on green prepared paper; verso: pen and brown ink
Dimensions: 7 5/8 x 9 15/16 in. (19.3 x 25.2 cm)
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Artist: Jan Wellens de Cock

Artist

Jan Wellens de Cock

Printmaking

Jan Wellens de Cock was a Netherlandish painter active in the early sixteenth century, likely based in Antwerp during the period of Flemish panel painting's international ascendancy. Working primarily in oil on wood panel, he produced religious compositions and portraits that reflect the formal conventions and material refinement of Northern Renaissance practice. Little remains of a documented body of work, and his artistic identity remains partially reconstructed through archival records and stylistic analysis rather than secure attributions.

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