Berend Cornelissen

Berend Cornelissen (* around 1592/93 in the province of Groningen ; † buried on May 13, 1684 in Husum ) was a Dutch carpenter and carver.

Life

Berend Cornelissen was the son of the carpenter and carver Cornelius Berends, who died in Husum in 1631/32. The ancestors on his father's side came from Groningen. The mother's name and origin are unknown. Around 1600 father and son Cornelissen moved to Husum. Berend Cornelissen probably did an apprenticeship with his father. However, it is only documented that before Christmas 1614 in Husum he was “given from his apprenticeship” and was allowed to call himself a journeyman.

After completing his apprenticeship, Cornelissen went on a journey for at least four years. Perhaps he was visiting Hamburg , where he could have learned from Ludwig Münstermann . From 1623, when he entered the register of the Snitkerinnung, there is evidence that he lived again in Husum. Here he got his master craftsman's certificate and took the citizen oath. In the guild he acted as Aldermann in 1647, from 1664 to 1668 as "oldester Aldermann" and 1677/78 as "youngest old man".

Works

None of Cornelissen's works is documented. There is evidence that he worked in the Husum church in 1651, 1653, 1656 and 1668, but mostly only as a craftsman. Based on signatures, which most likely come from him, it can be assumed that he carved the so-called Rotter Last Supper in 1642 . A comparable signature can be found on the pulpit of the St. Marien Church in Rabenkirchen .

On the basis of the signed works, further pieces can be assigned to Cornelissen. These are mostly pulpits, but also figures. Mention should be made of the "Christ in misery" in Hattstedt , which was created in 1647 and possibly decorated the lid of a baptismal font. In addition, there was furniture such as a dispensing shive from 1648.

Cornelissen's style shows transitions from the Renaissance to the Baroque. His figures are agitated, the robes fall fluidly, the auricle and cartilage ornaments partly overly pronounced. He did not design the reliefs creatively. As was customary at the time, he used copperplate engravings that served as models.

family

Cornelissen's first marriage was Elisabeth, who died between 1643 and 1664. In his second marriage he married Christine, widowed Paulsen from Rantum . She died in 1675.

Cornelissen had three daughters and two sons. Both sons did an apprenticeship with their father. The son Caspar (* 1645) probably continued his father's workshop and was appointed master craftsman in Husum in 1672. One of Cornelissen's uncles was probably Johann von Groningen († 1602), who created a pulpit in Mildstedt in 1568 and worked at the Husum monastery at the same time.

literature

• Marga Privat: Cornelissen, Berend . in: Schleswig-Holstein Biographical Lexicon . Volume 2. Karl Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster 1971, pp. 110–111