page_title: Mayken Coecke
hierarchical_section_title: Mayken Coecke
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Notre-Dame de la Chapelle, Place de la Chapelle, Bruxelles (Belgique). Troisème chapelle du collatéral droit. Epitaphe en marbre (1676) à la mémoire de Pieter Bruegel l'Ancien (1525-1569) et de son épouse par David Teniers III. Copie d'une toile de Rubens représentant le Christ remettant les clefs à Saint-Pierre. Nederlands: Onze-Lieve-Vrouw ter Kapelle, Brussel. Derde kapel van de rechterzijbeuk. Epitaaf van Bruegel (1525-1569) en zijn echtgenote Mayken Coucke, geplaatst door hun zoon Jan Brueghel en vernieuwd door hun achterkleinzoon David Teniers. Marmeren plaat met Latijnse inscriptie en schilderij "Christus geeft de sleutels aan Sint Pieter". Het origineel was van Peter Paul Rubens, maar de pastoor liet het in 1765 - ondanks verzet van de nazaten - verkopen. Het huidige werk is een kopie uit die tijd.
context_page_description: Mayken Coecke or Maria Coecke was the daughter of Pieter Coecke van Aelst and Mayken Verhulst. Mayken married Pieter Bruegel the Elder in 1563. Bruegel was apprenticed to Pieter Coecke van Aelst, a leading Antwerp artist who had relocated to Brussels.
  They had three children: Pieter Brueghel the Younger, Maria and Jan Brueghel the Elder. Their sons later became known as "Helse Brueghel" and "Fluwelen Brueghel".
  Mayken Coecke was mentioned as a painter herself in a 17th-century manuscript from Mechelen.
  Mayken died in 1578. She was buried next to her husband in the Chapel Church, their son Jan Brueghel the Elder provided the church with a commemorative plaque honouring his parents.
context_section_description: Mayken Coecke (Brussels?, ca. 1545 – Brussels, 1578) or Maria Coecke was the daughter of Pieter Coecke van Aelst and Mayken Verhulst. Mayken married Pieter Bruegel the Elder in 1563. Bruegel was apprenticed to Pieter Coecke van Aelst, a leading Antwerp artist who had relocated to Brussels  .
  They had three children: Pieter Brueghel the Younger (born 1564/65), Maria (born 1566) and Jan Brueghel the Elder (born 1568). Their sons later became known as "Helse Brueghel" and "Fluwelen Brueghel".
  Mayken Coecke was mentioned as a painter herself in a 17th-century manuscript from Mechelen.
  Mayken died in 1578. She was buried next to her husband in the Chapel Church, their son Jan Brueghel the Elder provided the church with a commemorative plaque honouring his parents.
caption: Commemorative plaque in the Chapel Church honouring Maria Coucke and her husband Pieter Bruegel the Elder. The painting Christus geeft de sleutels aan Sint Pieter was an original Peter Paul Rubens, the current work at display in the church is a copy.
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