(b Antwerp, c. 1513–14; d Antwerp, 20 Oct 1575). Sculptor and architect. The hypothesis (see Roggen and Withof) that he was the pupil of Jean Mone is contradicted by the fact that already in 1524 Mone had left Antwerp to become court sculptor to Margaret of Austria in Mechelen. According to his own testimony, Cornelis II was residing in Rome in 1538, when his father died. He then returned home to take care of his mother and younger brothers. He joined the Antwerp Guild of St Luke in 1539–40 and was also a member of the masons’ guild. No works executed between 1539 and 1548 can be identified, years in which he presumably continued his father’s workshop. However, he obviously intended to widen the scope of his artistic career and took an increasingly active part in the Guild: in 1547 and 1559 he served as its dean. During the first of his terms as dean, at the end of the guild year 1547–8, he embellished the guild register with grotesque initials (Antwerp, Stadsarchf). He used these ornaments profusely in his other works, and they became extremely popular in the decoration of several different art forms (e.g. architecture, sculpture, tapestries, metalwork, pottery etc).

Part of the Floris family

• Floris, Cornelis, II (1513-75)
  • Belgium, §II, 2: Architecture, c 1400–c 1550
  • Belgium, §IV, 3: Sculpture, c 1550–1830
  • Belgium, §IX, 1(i): Gold and silver, before 1600
  • Floris
  • Floris: (2) Frans Floris I, §1: Life and work
  • France, §X, 3: Jewellery
  • Pourbus: (2) Frans Pourbus (i)
  • architecture
    • Antwerp, §I, 1: History and urban development, before 1585
    • Antwerp, §IV, 2: Stadhuis
    • Town hall, §2: Guildhalls and town halls, 12th–18th centuries
    • ornament
      • Antwerp, §II, 1: Art life and organization, before 1585
      • Gable, decorative
      • Netherlands, the, §VI, 1: Furniture, before 1600
      • Strapwork
  • attributions
    • Belgium, §II, 3(i): Architecture, 1550–c 1700
    • Netherlands, the, §II, 3(ii): Architecture, c 1500–c 1795: Dutch Mannerism
  • collaboration
    • Passe, Henryk van
  • patrons and collectors
    • Kaliningrad
    • Oldenburg: (1) Frederick II, King of Denmark and Norway
  • prints
    • Belgium, §V, 1: Interior decoration, before 1600
    • England, §IX, 1(ii)(b): Gold and silver, 1450–1660: Form and decoration
    • Germany, §VI, 3(i): Furniture: 1651–1769: Baroque
    • Ornament and pattern, §II, 3(ii): Western Renaissance and Mannerist
    • Prints, §II, 1(ix): Subject-matter, before c 1700: Ornamental
  • pupils
    • Blocke van den: (1) Willem van den Blocke
    • Kessel, van: (1) Hieronymus van Kessel II
  • reproductive prints by others
    • Belgium, §III, 3(i)(b): Painting, c 1550–c 1600
    • Cock: (3) Hieronymus Cock
    • Doetechum, van
    • Solis: (1) Virgil Solis
  • sculpture
    • Belgium, §IV, 2: Sculpture, c 1400–c 1550
    • Ciborium (ii), §2(ii): Western Europe: Post-medieval
    • Denmark, §IV, 2: Sculpture, c 1540–1840
    • Robijn: (1) Joris Robijn
    • Roskilde, §1: Cathedral
  • writings
    • Belgium, §VI, 1: Furniture, before 1600
    • Façade decoration, §III, 4: Sculpture: High Renaissance and Baroque
    • Germany, §VI, 2: Furniture, 1510–1650
    • Grotesque, §3: 1530–1600
    • Mannerism, §5: Spread and development