Jean-Baptiste Coclers (
Maastricht
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, 14 October 1696 –
Liège
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The city is situated in the valley of the Meuse, in the east of Belgium, not far from b ...
, 23 May 1772) was a
Southern Netherlandish portrait painter
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and a painter of floral
still life
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s and historical subjects.
Life
Jean-Baptiste Pierre Coclers was born in Maastricht in 1696. He was the son and pupil of the Liège painter
Philippe Coclers who then lived in Maastricht but in 1702 moved back to Liège.
From 1713 till 1729 he studied in
Rome
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with
Sebastiano Conca and
Marco Benefial
Marco Benefial (25 April 1684 – 9 April 1764)
"Marco Benefial (Getty Museum)" (history),
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GM-Benefial.
was an Italian, proto- Neoclassical painter, mainly active in Rome. Benefial is best known for h ...
, and worked together with the landscape painter
Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni
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He was born in Florence, the son of a French ...
.
After his Italian years, Coclers worked some time in
Marseille
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(1729–31), where he painted a large
fresco
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in the bourse (destroyed). From 1731 till 1738 he worked in Maastricht, after which he established himself in Liège, where he was made court painter of the
prince-bishops Georges-Louis de Berghes,
John Theodore of Bavaria and
Charles-Nicolas d'Oultremont
Charles-Nicolas-Alexandre d'Oultremont (26 June 1716 – 22 October 1771) was Prince-Bishop of Liège from 20 April 1763 to his death in 1771. He was the eighth child of Jean-François-Paul-Emile, Count of Oultremont and of the Holy Roman Empi ...
.
Jean-Baptiste Coclers died in 1772 as a wealthy man and a painter with a big reputation. After his death however, his reputation declined rapidly.
His son
Louis Bernard Coclers
Louis Bernard Coclers (1740 in Maastricht or Liège – 20 April 1817 in Liège) was a Southern Netherlands, Southern Netherlandish portrait painter and engraver who worked mainly in Liège, Maastricht, Leiden and Amsterdam.
Life
Louis Bernard ...
also became a well-known painter. A second son, Philippe Henri Coclers van Wyck, established himself as a painter in Marseille and became director of the art academy there. His daughter,
Marie-Lambertine Coclers
Marie-Lambertine Coclers (1761 – after 1815) was a pastel artist and engraver born in the Holy Roman Empire.
Born in Liège, Coclers was the daughter of Jean-Baptiste Coclers, who died during her childhood. Her instructor was her elder brother ...
, was known for engraving plates in the style of
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Adriaan may refer to:
People Artists
* Adriaen Backer (1635–1684) ...
.
Works
* Portrait of a canon (1731),
Bonnefanten Museum
The Bonnefanten Museum is a museum of fine art in Maastricht, Netherlands.
History
The museum was founded in 1884 as the historical and archaeological museum of the Dutch province of Limburg. The name Bonnefanten Museum is derived from the Frenc ...
, Maastricht;
* ''The apostle Peter'' (1737) in the church in
Bemelen
Bemelen (; li, Bieëmele ) is a village in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is part of the municipality of Eijsden-Margraten, and lies about 5 km east of Maastricht.
The village was first mentioned in 1096 as Bemele. The etymology is unkno ...
;
* Ceiling painting in the town hall of Maastricht (1737); removed in 1955 because of water damage, now in the Bonnefanten Museum;
* Chimney pieces in the town hall of
Sint-Truiden;
* Unknown paintings in the town hall of Liège;
* Floral still life (1758) and other works in museum
Grand Curtius in Liège.
File:Coclers, Jean-Baptiste, Portret van een kanunnik, 1731 (Bonnefantenmuseum).jpg, Portrait of a canon
File:Coclers, J B, Sint Petrus (1737), Laurentiuskerk Bemelen.jpg, The apostle Peter
File:Stadhuis Maastricht, Collegekamer, GdeHoog, 1915.jpg, Ceiling painting, Maastricht
File:Coclers, J B, Flower arrangement, 1758 (Grand Curtius, Liège).jpg, Floral still life
References
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1696 births
1762 deaths
Artists from Maastricht
18th-century painters from the Prince-Bishopric of Liège