# COESSAET, Jan

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## Artist

- Profession: painter
- School: Flemish

## Biography

Flemish painter. He was active in Mechelen where he became a member of the painters&#39; guild in 1563. In 1568 he bought half of a house from a painter colleague, Jerome Vaddere, in the Rue Sainte-Catherine. We only know one work by this master, &#34;The Opening Session of the Parliament of Burgundy on 3 January 1474&#34;, painted in 1587 \(City Hall, Mechelen\).

## Related artworks

- [Opening Session of the Parliament of Burgundy \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/coessaet-jan-r9ac279da4ea297/opening-session-of-the-parliament-of-burgundy-detail-r09bbf908d523b8>)
- [Opening Session of the Parliament of Burgundy](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/coessaet-jan-r9ac279da4ea297/opening-session-of-the-parliament-of-burgundy-r19dcea46307ae2>)

## Attribution

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