Abraham Janssen van Nuyssen (ca. 1567 – 1632) was a Flemish painter, who is known principally for his large religious and mythological works, which show the influence of Caravaggio. He was the leading history painter in Flanders prior to the return of Rubens from Italy.[1]
He was one of the most well known Flemish artists of the 17th century - next to Reubens.[2][3]
After the untimely death of his father Jan Janssen in 1584 , who was probably coming from Liège (Luik , Belgium) and just a knives seller , it must have been the financial support of his stepfather, the schoolmaster Assuerus Boon that made Abrahams Italy trip (ca. 1597- ca. 1601/02 ) possible. As a teacher and co-author of textbooks modern languages , Boon formed a vital link in the course of Antwerp merchants with international trade networks [4]
op 1 mei 1602 gehuwd met Sara Goetkint (+Antwerpen 7-4-1644) die bij haar dood vijf (levende) kinderen van hem achterliet/ On May 1, 1602 he married Sara Goetkint (died in Antwerp on 7 April 1644).[17] Sara was the daughter of an Antwerp family who were very active in the art trade, and helped his career.[18] With Sara he had 8 children, five of whom were still alive at the time of her death:
Of hij eene Heerlijkheid heeft bezeten, waar hij zich later naar noemde, of dat hij een naam van moederszijde heeft aangenomen, om zich daardoor van een legio janssens te onderscheiden, is mij niet bekend; wel heb ik uit het hiervolgende ontdekt, dat hij den naam van Nussen bij den zijnen gevoerd heeft. Onder eene Graflegging van Christus, door abraham janssens pinx., egbert van panderen sculp. Petrus de Jode exc. staat; C.L.V. et Dno. D. Joannes du Beron omnis elegantiae admiratori abraham jansonius van nussen Pictor L.M.D.D. - In den nieuwen Catalogue du Musée d'Anvers, 1857, vindt men nog bijzonderheden, door den Heer Th. van Lerius meêgedeeld, waaruit moet blijken, dat janssens een zoon was van Abraham Janssens en Anna N., geboren te Antwerpen, niet in 1569, zooals in den vorigen Catalogus staat vermeld, maar twee jaren vroeger, zijnde hij den 15. Januarij, 1567, in de O.L.V. kerk, aldaar, gedoopt. Hij is in 1602 gehuwd met Sara Goetkint, uit een der eerste Antwerpsche geslachten, die 27 jaren oud was, en verwekte bij haar acht kinderen, waarvan Anne Maria, in 1626, huwde met jean breughel, den Jonge, en abraham, de Jonge, geboren 1616, in het genoemde Gild, als Meesterszoone in 1636-1637 is ingeschreven. - Sara overleed 1643-1644 van het boekjaar, mede aldaar vermeld.
↑ bron: Christiaan Kramm, De levens en werken der Hollandsche en Vlaamsche kunstschilders, beeldhouwers, graveurs en bouwmeesters, van den vroegsten tot op onzen tijd. Gebroeders Diederichs, Amsterdam 1857-1864 [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/kram011leve01_01/kram011leve01_01_0013.php
This person was created through the import of 124-DeCoursey.ged on 14 September 2010.
WikiTree profile Janssen-86 created through the import of RYER.GED on Aug 19, 2011 by Lawrence Schliessmann. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Lawrence and others.
The WikiTree profile Janssen-13 was created through the import of family.ged on 21 September 2010.
This person was created through the import of Samuel Giles- The Deacon.ged on 13 April 2011.
WikiTree profile Janssen-65 created through the import of Tree 2011.ged on Jul 24, 2011 by Steve Trudel. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Steve and others.
Note: This is the info that was added previously to his Bio and this possibly can be removed when he's is detached from these parents that now proven are not his ?Timmerman-225 16:03, 29 August 2015 (EDT)
First Marriage (= Bogus !)
This profile appears to be part of the fraudulent genealogy described by John Blythe Dobson in “The fraudulent Coligny-Rapalje descent,” Annals of Genealogical Research Vol. 2, No.1 (2006) at http://www.genlit.org/agr/viewarticle.php?id=1
Hahaha yes that's also why I asked :P But well I'm fine leaving him attached, indeed we don't want have him maybe attached to some other wrong lineage, when I have some spare time (not much of that nowadays ;) ) I'll see if I can do something for him, till than we better leave him here , with the note .
Hi Bea, unless we can find any real family for him to connect to, we might want to simply leave him connected here, rather than loose from the big tree.
Although it would be best if real family could be found. But I don't have the time or skill to do so.
If we cut him loose, then somebody with even less skill will surely come along and re-create the bogus links, based on the false genealogies that are out there. So I would rather not have to go through all this again with a bunch of new false duplicate profiles.
But then that contradicts what I suggested to do below, so I don't know :)
A lot of these online genealogies seem to be what many of these lineages are based on, some things are right but many things aren't so I'll check this lineage and see if I can find some real sources for this lineage. (when I'm back from Holiday :) )
Abraham Janssen only married Sara Goetkint in 1602, these parents he now is attached to, for sure are not his parents .. and I don't think he is related to any of the Rapalje family either, his now brother is probably the Joris Jansz Rapalje who married Catalyna Jeronimus Trico 21 januari 1623 te Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands. When he was 18 years of age according this genealogy online (not the most reliable source of course but guess (unfortunately) this is what many of these lineages are based on)
You are correct, he is NOT related to the Rapalje family. There's a popular fabrication that arose with the popularity of internet genealogy. Abraham and Sara are real people, but the rest of the people that are linked on this page are all a part of the Jerome Holgate fabrication.
Although it would be best if real family could be found. But I don't have the time or skill to do so.
If we cut him loose, then somebody with even less skill will surely come along and re-create the bogus links, based on the false genealogies that are out there. So I would rather not have to go through all this again with a bunch of new false duplicate profiles.
But then that contradicts what I suggested to do below, so I don't know :)
The Joris Rapalje is no doubt bogus, but I did not merge it away because it has an exact date that might belong to something related to the Lodewyck.
But this famous artist should certainly be separated from all these false relatives.