Hendrik Hondius I
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Henrik Hondius I or Hendrik Hondius the Elder (1573–1650), was a Dutch Golden Age
engraver, cartographer and publisher.
and settled in The Hague
in 1597. According to Cornelis de Bie
's Het Gulden Cabinet
, his father was Guiliam Hondius, a learned man who moved to Mechelen
, where the young Hondius learned to write. He studied first with a goldsmith in Brussels
before learning to paint from Jan Wierix. Later, he learned mathematics and architecture from Hans Vredeman de Vries
when he was in Leiden in 1604.
He was probably related to the famous cartographer Jodocus Hondius
who started a map making business in Amsterdam and whose sons were named Hendrik Hondius II and William (Guiliam).
. 22 of these prints were copied from an earlier work by Dominicus Lampsonius
. Both works have been placed online by the Courtauld Institute of Art
, with a comparison of Hondius' version to the 1572 version published by Lampsonius and the widow of Hieronymous Cock. The only portrait Hondius did not include in his 1610 version was the last one, a posthumous portrait of Cock himself. Here is the list of pages with the 69 artists (in order) of the Hondius 1610 version:
Dutch Golden Age
The Golden Age was a period in Dutch history, roughly spanning the 17th century, in which Dutch trade, science, military and art were among the most acclaimed in the world. The first half is characterised by the Eighty Years' War till 1648...
engraver, cartographer and publisher.
Biography
He was born in DuffelDuffel
Duffel is a municipality in the Belgian province of Antwerp.The municipality comprises only the town of Duffel proper. On January 1, 2006 Duffel had a total population of 16,019...
and settled in The Hague
The Hague
The Hague is the capital city of the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. With a population of 500,000 inhabitants , it is the third largest city of the Netherlands, after Amsterdam and Rotterdam...
in 1597. According to Cornelis de Bie
Cornelis de Bie
Cornelis de Bie was a Brabant rederijker, poet, jurist and minor politician from Lier.He is the author of about 64 works, mostly comedies...
's Het Gulden Cabinet
Het Gulden Cabinet
The Golden Cabinet of the Noble Free Art of Painting, or Het Gulden Cabinet vande Edel Vry Schilder-Const, as it was originally known in Dutch, is a series of artist biographies and panegyrics with engraved portraits written by the 17th century notary and rederijker Cornelis de Bie...
, his father was Guiliam Hondius, a learned man who moved to Mechelen
Mechelen
Mechelen Footnote: Mechelen became known in English as 'Mechlin' from which the adjective 'Mechlinian' is derived...
, where the young Hondius learned to write. He studied first with a goldsmith in Brussels
Brussels
Brussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union...
before learning to paint from Jan Wierix. Later, he learned mathematics and architecture from Hans Vredeman de Vries
Hans Vredeman de Vries
Hans Vredeman de Vries was a Dutch Renaissance architect, painter, and engineer. Vredeman de Vries is known for his publication in 1583 on garden design and his books with many examples on ornaments and perspective ....
when he was in Leiden in 1604.
He was probably related to the famous cartographer Jodocus Hondius
Jodocus Hondius
Jodocus Hondius , sometimes called Jodocus Hondius the Elder to distinguish him from his son Henricus Hondius II, was a Flemish artist, engraver, and cartographer...
who started a map making business in Amsterdam and whose sons were named Hendrik Hondius II and William (Guiliam).
Works
- Icones virorum nostra patriumque memoria illustrium, quorum opera cum literarum studia tumvera religio fuit restaurata, ab Henr. Hondio sculptae, aeneisque typis excusae, 1599
- Praestantium aliquot theologorum qui Rom. Antichristum praecipue oppugnarunt, effigies, 1602, with Jacobus VerheidenJacobus VerheidenJacobus Verheiden was a Dutch schoolmaster known as an author.-Life:He was the elder brother of William Verheiden from Grave. They both attended the University of Leiden in 1590, and Jacobus was at Heidelberg in 1591. He became rector of the Latin school in Nijmegen...
- With Hans Vredeman de VriesHans Vredeman de VriesHans Vredeman de Vries was a Dutch Renaissance architect, painter, and engineer. Vredeman de Vries is known for his publication in 1583 on garden design and his books with many examples on ornaments and perspective ....
(whose portrait he engraved), a book on Perspective, Leiden, 1604-1605 - Pictorum aliquot celebrium praecipue Germaniae Inferioris effigies, Hagae Comitis, 1610
- Belgiae Pacificatorum vera delinealio. Pourtraicture vraye des pacificaleurs des Pays Bas. True likenesses of the peacemakers of the Netherlands, Hagae Comitis Ex off. Henri Hondii, 1608
- Topographia variarum regionum etc. ou les vues d'après nature, by Mattheus Bril, engraved by Henri Hondius, 1611, 1614
- Pompe funèbre de Charles V, exécutée par ordre de Philippe II, Brussels, Joan à Duelecum, Luc. Duetecum fec. Hondius exec., 1619
- Korte Beschrijvinge ende afbeeldinge der generale regelen der fortificatie, der artillerie munitie ende vivres van deselver en hare commissien van de leger, aerde wallen de approchen met het legenweer ende van vyerwerken, Hagae-Comitis, 1624
- Alghemeine regelen der sterkebouw, The Hague, 1625
- Theatrum honoris in quo nostri Apelles saeculi, seu pictorum, qui patrum nostrorum memoria vixerunt, celebriorum pracipue quos Belgium tulit, verae et advivum expressae imagines in aes incisae exhibeniur, Amsterdam, 1612, 1618
- Les hommes illustres, gravés et imprimés par H.H.
- Les portraits des hérésiarques et autres hommes illustres par H. Hondius, J. MullerJan Harmensz. MullerJan Harmensz. Muller was a Flemish engraver, draughtsman and painter.Muller was born in Amsterdam. His father was a book printer, engraver and publisher. He learned the engraving trade while working at the family business. He traveled and lived in Italy for a time...
, J. MathamJacob MathamJacob Matham , of Haarlem, was a famous engraver and pen-draftsman.-Biography:He was the stepson and pupil of painter and draftsman Hendrik Goltzius, and brother-in-law to engraver Simon van Poelenburgh, having married his sister, Marijtgen...
, J. Stadeler, etc.
Effigies
In 1610 he published the work Pictorum aliquot celebrium praecipue Germaniae inferioris Effigies, which included 69 portraits of artists, including an engraving of Hans HolbeinHans Holbein the Younger
Hans Holbein the Younger was a German artist and printmaker who worked in a Northern Renaissance style. He is best known as one of the greatest portraitists of the 16th century. He also produced religious art, satire and Reformation propaganda, and made a significant contribution to the history...
. 22 of these prints were copied from an earlier work by Dominicus Lampsonius
Dominicus Lampsonius
Dominicus Lampsonius , of Bruges and Liège, was a Flemish humanist, poet, and artist. Through his writings, a great deal is known about engravers and printers of the era...
. Both works have been placed online by the Courtauld Institute of Art
Courtauld Institute of Art
The Courtauld Institute of Art is a self-governing college of the University of London specialising in the study of the history of art. The Courtauld is one of the premier centres for the teaching of art history in the world; it was the only History of Art department in the UK to be awarded a top...
, with a comparison of Hondius' version to the 1572 version published by Lampsonius and the widow of Hieronymous Cock. The only portrait Hondius did not include in his 1610 version was the last one, a posthumous portrait of Cock himself. Here is the list of pages with the 69 artists (in order) of the Hondius 1610 version:
- Titlepage to Part 1, page 1
- Dedicatory Poem, page 2
- To the Lover and Hater..., page 3
- Hubert van EyckHubert van EyckHubert van Eyck was a Flemish painter and older brother of Jan van Eyck. He was probably born in Maaseik, Flanders, now in Belgium....
, page 4, Compare side by side with 1572 version - Jan van EyckJan van EyckJan van Eyck was a Flemish painter active in Bruges and considered one of the best Northern European painters of the 15th century....
, page 5, Compare side by side with 1572 version - Dirk BoutsDirk BoutsDieric Bouts was an Early Netherlandish painter. According to Karel van Mander in his Het Schilderboeck of 1604, Bouts was born in Haarlem and was mainly active in Leuven , where he was city painter from 1468...
, page 6, Compare side by side with 1572 version - Hieronymus Bosch, page 7, Compare side by side with 1572 version
- Rogier van der Weyden, page 8, Compare side by side with 1572 version
- Bernard van OrleyBernard van OrleyBernard van Orley , also called Barend or Barent van Orley, Bernaert van Orley or Barend van Brussel, was a Flemish Northern Renaissance painter and draughtsman, and also a leading designer of tapestries and stained glass...
, page 9, Compare side by side with 1572 version - Joachim PatinirJoachim PatinirJoachim Patinir, also called de Patiner , was a Flemish Northern Renaissance history and landscape painter from the area of modern Wallonia...
, page 10, Compare side by side with 1572 version - Quentin MatsysQuentin MatsysQuentin Matsys was a painter in the Flemish tradition and a founder of the Antwerp school. He was born at Leuven, where legend states he was trained as an ironsmith before becoming a painter...
, page 11, Compare side by side with 1572 version - Cornelis Engebrechtsz.Cornelis Engebrechtsz.Cornelis Engebrechtsz. was an early Dutch painter. He is considered the first important painter from Leiden. Engebrechtsz. taught a number of other Leiden painters, including Lucas van Leyden, Aertgen van Leyden and Engebrechtsz.' own sons Cornelis, Lucas, and Pieter Cornelisz. Kunst...
, page 12 - Jan MabuseJan MabuseJan Mabuse was the name adopted by the Flemish painter Jan Gossaert; or Jennyn van Hennegouwe , as he called himself when he matriculated in the guild of St Luke, at Antwerp, in 1503.-Biography:Little is known of his early life...
, page 13, Compare side by side with 1572 version - Jan van AmstelJan van AmstelJan van Amstel was a Dutch Northern Renaissance painter.In or before 1528, van Amstel moved to Antwerp, when he joined its Guild of Saint Luke. He married Adriane van Doornicke, who would after his death remarry and give birth in 1544 to the future painter Gillis van Coninxloo...
, page 14, Compare side by side with 1572 version - Pieter van AelstPieter van AelstPieter van Aelst or Pieter Coecke van Aelst was a Flemish painter. He studied under Bernaert van Orley and later lived in Italy before entering the Antwerp Guild of painters in 1527. In 1533, he travelled to Constantinople for one year in a failed attempt to establish business connections for...
, page 15, Compare side by side with 1572 version - Jan Cornelisz VermeyenJan Cornelisz VermeyenJan Cornelisz Vermeyen, or Jan Mayo, or Barbalonga was a Dutch Northern Renaissance painter.-Biography:...
, page 16, Compare side by side with 1572 version - Matthys CockMatthys CockMatthys Cock or Matthijs Wellens de Cock was a Flemish landscape painter and draughtsman of the Northern Renaissance.-Biography:...
, page 17, Compare side by side with 1572 version - Herri met de BlesHerri met de BlesHerri met de Bles was a Flemish Northern Renaissance and Mannerist landscape painter...
, page 18, Compare side by side with 1572 version - Joos van CleveJoos van CleveJoos van Cleve was a painter active in Antwerp around 1511 to 1540. He was born around 1485 and died in between 1540 and 1541...
, page 19, Compare side by side with 1572 version - Jan van ScorelJan van ScorelJan van Scorel was an influential Dutch painter credited with the introduction of High Italian Renaissance art to the Netherlands.-Biography:He was born in Schoorl, north of Alkmaar and close to Egmond Abbey...
, page 20, Compare side by side with 1572 version - Lambert LombardLambert LombardLambert Lombard was a Renaissance painter, architect and theorist for the Prince-Bishopric of Liège. During his career he worked for Jan Gossaert in Middelburg and trained Frans Floris. In 1532 he became court painter and architect in Liège...
, page 21, Compare side by side with 1572 version - Pieter Bruegel the Elder, page 22, Compare side by side with 1572 version
- Willem KeyWillem KeyWillem Key was a Flemish renaissance painter.-Biography:According to van Mander he learned painting together with Frans Floris from Lambert Lombardus in Liège. He became a member of the Guild of St. Luke in Antwerp in 1540. He was a rich man who lived in a large house in the center of town near...
, page 23, Compare side by side with 1572 version - Lucas GasselLucas GasselLucas Gassel , was a Flemish Renaissance painter.-Biography:According to Karel van Mander he was a landscape painter greatly admired by Dominicus Lampsonius, who was also his friend....
, page 24, Compare side by side with 1572 version - Frans FlorisFrans FlorisFrans Floris, or more correctly Frans de Vriendt, called Floris was a Flemish painter. He was a member of a large family trained to the study of art in Flanders.-Biography:...
, page 25, Compare side by side with 1572 version - Albrecht DürerAlbrecht DürerAlbrecht Dürer was a German painter, printmaker, engraver, mathematician, and theorist from Nuremberg. His prints established his reputation across Europe when he was still in his twenties, and he has been conventionally regarded as the greatest artist of the Northern Renaissance ever since...
, page 26 - Lucas van LeydenLucas van LeydenLucas van Leyden , also named either Lucas Hugensz or Lucas Jacobsz, was a Dutch engraver and painter, born and mainly active in Leiden...
, page 27, Compare side by side with 1572 version - Hans Holbein the ElderHans Holbein the ElderHans Holbein was a German painter.He was born in Augsburg, Bavaria and died in Isenheim, Alsace. He and his brother Sigismund Holbein painted religious works in the late Gothic style...
, page 28 - Heinrich AldegreverHeinrich AldegreverHeinrich Aldegrever or Aldegraf was a German painter and engraver. He was one of the "Little Masters", the group of German artists making small old master prints in the generation after Dürer.-Biography:...
, page 29 - Jacob BinckJacob BinckJakob Binck , an old German engraver and painter, was born at Cologne between 1490 and 1504. From the earliest accounts of Bink, we must consider it probable that he was a pupil of Dürer, but this is by no means certain, while his early residence in Italy throws a doubt upon the supposition. He is...
, page 30 - Pieter AertsenPieter AertsenPieter Aertsen , called Lange Pier because of his height, was a Dutch historical painter. He was born and died in Amsterdam, and painted there and in Antwerp, though his genre scenes were influential in Italy.-Biography:...
, page 31 - Joachim BeuckelaerJoachim BeuckelaerJoachim Beuckelaer was a Flemish painter.A native of Antwerp, he studied under his uncle, Pieter Aertsen. Many of his paintings contain scenes of kitchen and markets, with religious allusions in the background. His Four Elements series exemplifies this theme on a large scale...
, page 32 - Maarten van Heemskerck, page 33
- Anthonie van MontfoortAnthonie van MontfoortAnthonie Blocklandt van Montfoort, Anthonie van Blocklandt or Anthonie van Montfoort was a Dutch painter-Life:...
, page 34 - Frans Pourbus the ElderFrans Pourbus the ElderFrans Pourbus the elder was a Flemish Renaissance painter.He was known primarily for his religious and portrait painting and worked mainly in Antwerp. His father was painter Pieter Pourbus and his son was painter Frans Pourbus the younger.-External links:*...
, page 35 - Hubert GoltziusHubert GoltziusHubert Goltz or Goltzius , was a Renaissance painter, engraver, and printer from the Southern Netherlands.-Biography:...
, page 36 - Dirck BarendszDirck BarendszDirck Barendsz or Theodor Barendszoon was a Dutch Renaissance painter from Amsterdam who traveled to Italy in his youth to learn from the Italian masters, most notably Titian.-Biography:...
, page 37 - Hans BolHans BolHans Bol , Flemish artist, received his early training from his two uncles who were also painters. He then was the apprentice to a Mechelen watercolorist and tempera painter at the age of fourteen. Because Bol’s watercolors became so widely reproduced, he began creating miniatures on parchment. The...
, page 38 - Antonis Mor, page 39
- Hendrick Van CleveHendrick Van CleveHendrick Van Cleve, the brother of Martin Van Cleve, the elder, and of Willem Van Cleve, the younger, was a native of Antwerp. It is not known under whom he studied; but he went to Italy when young, and returned to his native country a good painter of landscapes. His pictures are distinguished by...
, page 40 - Christian van den QuebornChristian van den QuebornChristian van den Queborn , was a Flemish Renaissance painter.-Biography:According to the RKD he became master of the Antwerp Guild of St. Luke in 1545...
, page 41 - Cornelis VisscherCornelis VisscherCornelis Visscher , was a Dutch Golden Age engraver and the brother of Jan de Visscher and Lambert Visscher.-Biography:...
, page 42 - Crispin van den BroeckCrispin van den BroeckCrispin van den Broeck was a Flemish painter. He was born in Mechelen. He came from a family of artists, was probably trained by his father, and was the brother of Willem van den Broeck and Hendrick van den Broeck. He worked as a painter, draftsman and engraver. He was enlisted as a master in the...
, page 43 - Joos van WingheJoos van WingheJoos van Winghe , was a Flemish Renaissance painter.-Biography:According to Karel van Mander he was born in Brussels in 1544 and travelled to Rome where he lived with a Cardinal for four years. When he returned to Brussels he became court painter to the Prince of Parma until he left the country in...
, page 44 - Gillis MostaertGillis MostaertGillis Mostaert was a Southern Netherlandish painter.-Biography:According to Karel van Mander, Mostaert's father was from Hulst, near Antwerp. According to the RKD, he was a painter, but he sent his sons to his own father Jan Mostaert in Haarlem...
, page 45 - Joris HoefnagelJoris HoefnagelJoris Hoefnagel or Georg Hoefnagel was a Flemish painter and engraver, the son of a diamond merchant.He travelled abroad, making drawings from archaeological subjects, and was a pupil of Hans Bol at Mechlin...
, page 46 - Michiel Coxie, page 47
- Aert MijtensAert MijtensAert Mijtens , was a Flemish Renaissance painter.-Biography:According to Karel van Mander he travelled to Rome where he was called Renaldo and became a friend of the painter Hans Speckaert...
, page 48 - Marten de VosMarten de VosMarten de Vos , also Maarten, was a leading Antwerp painter and draughtsman in the late sixteenth century.-Biography:Like Frans Floris, he travelled to Italy and adopted the mannerist style popular at the time. De Vos was also highly influenced by the colors of Venetian painting, and might have...
, page 49 - Hans Vredeman de VriesHans Vredeman de VriesHans Vredeman de Vries was a Dutch Renaissance architect, painter, and engineer. Vredeman de Vries is known for his publication in 1583 on garden design and his books with many examples on ornaments and perspective ....
, page 50 - Gillis van ConinxlooGillis van ConinxlooGillis van Coninxloo was a Dutch painter of forest landscapes, the most famous member of a large family of artists. He travelled through France, and lived in Germany for several years to avoid religious persecution....
, page 51 - Karel van Mander, page 52
- StradanusStradanusGiovanni Stradano or Jan Van der Straet or van der Straat or Stradanus or Stratesis was a Flanders-born mannerist artist active mainly in 16th century Florence.-Biography:...
, page 53 - Bartholomeus SprangerBartholomeus SprangerBartholomeus Spranger was a Flemish Northern Mannerist painter, draughtsman, and etcher. He was born in Antwerp in the Habsburg Netherlands .-Biography:...
, page 54 - Cornelis KetelCornelis KetelCornelis or Cornelius Ketel was a Dutch Mannerist painter, active in Elizabethan London from 1573 to 1581, and in Amsterdam from 1581 to the early 17th century, now known essentially as a portrait-painter, though he was also a poet and orator, and from 1595 began to sculpt as well.According to...
, page 55 - Johannes de Water, page 56
- Hendrik GoltziusHendrik GoltziusHendrik Goltzius , was a Dutch printmaker, draftsman, and painter. He was the leading Dutch engraver of the early Baroque period, or Northern Mannerism, noted for his sophisticated technique and the "exuberance" of his compositions. According to A...
, page 57 - Hendrick Cornelisz VroomHendrick Cornelisz VroomHendrik Cornelisz Vroom was a Dutch Golden Age painter credited with being the founder of Dutch marine art or seascape painting. Beginning with the "birds-eye" viewpoint of earlier Netherlandish marine art, his later works show a view from lower down, and more realistic depiction of the seas...
, page 58 - Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt, page 59
- Otto van VeenOtto van VeenOtto van Veen, also known by his Latinized name Otto Venius or Octavius Vaenius, was a painter, draughtsman, and humanist active primarily in Antwerp and Brussels in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth century...
, page 60 - Paul Bril, page 61
- Cornelis van HaarlemCornelis van HaarlemCornelis Corneliszoon van Haarlem , Dutch Golden Age painter and draughtsman, was one of the leading Northern Mannerist artists in The Netherlands, and an important forerunner of Frans Hals as a portraitist.-Biography:...
, page 62 - Jacob de Gheyn IIJacob de Gheyn IIJacob de Gheyn II was a Dutch painter and engraver, whose work shows the transition from Northern Mannerism to Dutch realism over the course of his career.-Biography:...
, page 63 - Abraham BloemaertAbraham BloemaertAbraham Bloemaert was a Dutch painter and printmaker in etching and engraving. He was one of the "Haarlem Mannerists" from about 1585, but in the new century altered his style to fit new Baroque trends...
, page 64 - Gerrit Pietersz SweelinkGerrit Pietersz SweelinkGerrit Pietersz Sweelink , was a Dutch Golden Age painter.-Biography:According to Karel van Mander he was taught to paint by Cornelis van Haarlem. He was the brother of the Orpheus of Amsterdam, the organist Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, whose portrait he painted...
, page 65 - Joos de MomperJoos de MomperJoos de Momper the Younger , also known as Josse de Momper, is one of the most important Flemish landscape painters between Pieter Brueghel the Elder and Peter Paul Rubens...
, page 66 - Floris van Dyck, page 67
- Adriaen de VriesAdriaen de VriesAdriaen de Vries was a Northern Mannerist sculptor born in the Netherlands, whose international style crossed the threshold to the Baroque; he excelled in refined modelling and bronze casting and in the manipulation of patina and became the most famous European sculptor of his generation...
, page 68 - Frans BadensFrans BadensFrans Badens was born at Antwerp in 1571. He was the son of an obscure artist, by whom he was instructed in the principles of design, but he afterwards had the advantage of visiting Italy, where he remained four years. On his return to the Netherlands he gave ample testimony of the advantages he...
, page 69 - Adam ElsheimerAdam ElsheimerAdam Elsheimer was a German artist working in Rome who died at only thirty-two, but was very influential in the early 17th century. His relatively few paintings were small scale, nearly all painted on copper plates, of the type often known as cabinet paintings. They include a variety of light...
, page 70 - Isaac OliverIsaac OliverIsaac Oliver was a French-born English portrait miniature painter.-Life and work:Born in Rouen, he moved to London in 1568 with his Huguenot parents Peter and Epiphany Oliver to escape the Wars of Religion in France...
, page 71 - Post Funera Vita, page 72