Joannes Corvus (
fl. 1512 – 1544), or Johannes Corvus, was a
Flemish portrait painter who was active in the 16th century.
Biography
Corvus has been identified with Jan Rave, a native of
Bruges, received master in that town in 1512, who subsequently came to England, and, like many of his fellow-countrymen, Latinised his name.
was the first to discover his existence, finding the inscription ''Joannes Corvus Flandrus faciebat'' on the frame of a portrait of
Bishop Fox
Richard Foxe (sometimes Richard Fox) ( 1448 – 5 October 1528) was an English churchman, the founder of Corpus Christi College, Oxford. He was successively Bishop of Exeter, Bath and Wells, Durham, and Winchester, and became also Lor ...
, the founder, at
Corpus Christi College, Oxford, which he engraved for
Richard Fiddes's ''Life of Cardinal Wolsey''. In 1820 this portrait was placed in a new and gorgeous 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. This suggested that the portrait of Princess Mary Tudor in the National Portrait Gallery (dated 1544) is the work of Corvus, and it might be identified with an entry in the ''Privy Purse Expenses of the Princess Mary'' (edited by
Sir F. Madden). The portrait of
Henry Grey, duke of Suffolk
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Origins
He was born on ...
, in the same collection, has for similar reasons been ascribed to Corvus.
Gallery
File:Richard Foxe by Johannes Corvus.jpg, Richard Foxe
File:Bishop Richard Foxe.jpg, Richard Foxe
File:Portrait of Katherine of Aragon.jpg, Catherine of Aragon
File:Mary I by Master John.jpg, Mary I Tudor of England when Princess
File:Henry Grey, Duke of Suffolk, by Johannes Corvus.jpg, Henry Grey, Duke of Suffolk by Johannes Corvus
References
;Attribution
External links
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Year of birth unknown
Year of death unknown
16th-century Flemish painters
Portrait painters
Artists from Bruges