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Opening Session of the Parliament of Burgundy

1587 · City Hall, Mechelen

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The painting depicts the ceremonial opening of the Parliament of Mechelen under Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, in the Aldermen's Building (Schepenhuis) in Mechelen on January 3, 1474.

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Opening Session of the Parliament of Burgundy

About the Artist

Jan Coessaet

Flemish painter. He was active in Mechelen where he became a member of the painters' 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, "The Opening Session of the Parliament of Burgundy on 3 January 1474", painted in 1587 (City Hall, Mechelen).

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