Cornelia Cnoop | |
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Born | 1450 |
Nationality | Netherlandish |
Cornelia Cnoop or Cnopp (born 1450) was an Netherlandish miniature painter. A painting attributed to her hand was exhibited in 1902 in Bruges during the Exposition des primitifs flamands à Bruges, in the Provinciaal Hof as catalog number 130. [1]
She was married to the painter and manuscript illuminator Gerard David. [2]
She was born in Bruges as the daughter of the goldsmith Jacob Cnoop de Jongere and Kathelijne uter Vorst. [3] Her father was a dean of the goldsmiths' guild. [4] She married Gerard David in 1497. [5] They had a daughter Barbara. [3] In 1509 her husband donated a Virgo inter Virgines to the church of the Carmelites, that included a self-portrait on the left and a portrait of his wife on the right. [6]