Jakob Knus
Born in 1598.
Died in 1603.
Jakob Knus was a painter from Constance. His artistic activity is notable for the reinterpretation of the frescoes executed in 1522 in the ossuary of St Peter’s Church in Wil, which he painted over in 1598. He is also associated with frescoes in St Nicholas’s Church in Wil, dated 1603.
The details of his career remain partially obscure, and his œuvre appears to have focused on local projects.