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He was the son of Heinrich Joest and Katharina Baegert, the sister of Derick Baegert, who was probably the first teacher of Joest.
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January Joest
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January Joest was practically unknown until 1874, when two men, Canon Wolff and Doctor Eisenmann, established his identity. Not much of Joest"s life is known beyond his paintings. His greatest work, scenes of the life of Christ, were made between 1505 and 1508 on the high altar in Saint Nicholai"s Church in his hometown of Kalkar.
Using documents found there, Canon Wolff discovered that, in 1518, Joest worked in Cologne for the Hackeneg family, before leaving, most likely for Italy, where he saw Genoa and Naples.
Joest then returned North, and settled in Haarlem. lieutenant is possible that this is the same person as January Joesten van Hillegom that registered in the Haarlem Guild of Saint Luke in 1502 and who made a painting of Saint Willibrord and Saint Bavo for the Egmond Abbey.
The last edition of Adriaen van der Willingen"s work of Haarlem painters mentions the burial of an artist there called "January Joosten" in 1519. Two of Joest"s apprentices were Barthel Bruyn (his brother-in-law) and Joos van Cleveland
Karel van Mander"s Schilder-boeck mentions an Ioan van Calcker (January van Calcar), living in Venice as a disciple of Titian in 1536-1537.
Karel van Mander further claimed that he illustrated the book of anatomy by Vesalius, and died in Naples in 1546.
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Netherlands