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Jan Joest, also known asJan Joest van Kalkar orJan Joest van Calcar (between 1450 and 1460 – 1519), was a Dutch painter from eitherKalkar orWesel (both now inGermany), known for his religious paintings.
Jan Joest was practically unknown until 1874, when two men,Jacob Anton Wolff [de] and Oskar Eisenmann, established his identity.
Not much of Joest's life is known beyond his paintings. He was the son of Heinrich Joest and Katharina Baegert, the sister ofDerick Baegert, who was probably the first teacher of Joest. His greatest work, scenes of the life ofChrist, were made between 1505 and 1508 on the high altar inSt. Nicholai's Church in his hometown of Kalkar. Using documents found there, Wolff discovered that, in 1518, Joest worked inCologne for theHackeney family, before leaving, most likely forItaly, where he sawGenoa andNaples.
Joest then returned North, and settled inHaarlem. It is possible that this is the same person as Jan Joesten van Hillegom that registered in theHaarlem Guild of St. Luke in 1502 and who made a painting ofWillibrord andBavo of Ghent for theEgmond Abbey.[1] The last edition of Adriaen van der Willingen's work of Haarlem painters mentions the burial of an artist there called "Jan Joosten" in 1519.[2]
Two of Joest's apprentices wereBarthel Bruyn (his brother-in-law) andJoos van Cleve.[3][4]Karel van Mander'sSchilder-boeck mentions an Ioan van Calcker (Jan van Calcar), living in Venice as a disciple ofTitian in 1536–7. Karel van Mander further claimed that he illustrated the book of anatomy byVesalius, and died inNaples in 1546.[5]
Joest has been compared toDavid andMemling, but he more properly belongs to the school ofScorel. One of the features of Joest's work is the exquisite transparency of his coloring and the subtle and delicate modelling of the faces.Twenty panels painted by him can be seen in the church at Kalkar. Other works attributed to Joest are in Wesel andRees, as well as the "Death of the Virgin" in and "Life of Kleitz"Munich.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Jan Joest".Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
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