Career
His altarpieces and other compositions offering very realistic representations of religious motifs adorn many churches in and around Ghent. There is no information available about January Janssens’ training. He was in Rome in the period 1619-1620.
Janssens returned to Ghent in 1621 and was admitted to the Ghent Guild of Saint Luke as a master.
From 1634-1635 and in 1646 Janssens was dean of the Ghent Guild of Saint Luke.
