| Method | Etching |
| Artist | Hendrick Hondius |
| Published | [Hondius, Antwerp, c. 1610] |
| Dimensions | Image 160 x 122 mm, Plate 215 x 125 mm, Sheet 217 x 130 mm |
| Notes |
A quarter-length portrait of Joris Hoefnagel, turned to the right, wearing a fine doublet with decorative slits and a lace collar. He is holding a small portrait in his left hand, behind him a vase with flowers on a windowsill and a view of a mountainous landscape. From Hondius's "Pictorum Aliquot Celebrium Praecipuae Germaniae Inferioris Effigies", a series of artists portraits, first published in 1610 and later republished by Johannes Janssonius in 1612 and 1618. The complete series consists of 72 plates, etched by Hondius, Simon Frisius, Robert de Baudous and Andries Stock. Hondius reversed and elaborated on the designs from Hieronymus Cock's "Pictorum Aliquot Celebrium Germaniae Inferioris Effigies", published in 1572 by Cock's widow, Volckxen Dierickx. Inscription to bottom margin: "GEORGIUS HOEFNAGLIUS PICT. ANTVERPIANUS Doctrina excultus se offert Hoefnaglius ille, Cosmographo docto et Ortelio. Hic Orbem, ille Urbes dedit Orbi ingente Theatro, Et pinxit flores brutaque qui varia" Joris Hoefnagel (1542-1601) was a Flemish painter and engraver, the son of a diamond merchant. He made detailed, naturalistic designs featuring animals, insects and plants as the last important manuscript illuminator, while his engravings (especially for Braun's "Civitates orbis terrarum", 1572, and Ortelius's "Theatrum orbis terrarum", 1570) earned him a seminal place amongst the early topographical draftsmen. Hendricus Hondius or Hendrik Hondius I (1573-1650) was part of a Dutch family of printmakers from Flemish descent, and was active as an engraver, etcher and draftsman in The Hague. He travelled to work in Amsterdam and Leiden around from 1603 to 1605, but then settled permanently in The Hague, in his "Buitenhof Ten Huyse". He had a cousin with the same name, active in Amsterdam, and the distinction between the two is made by naming the first one Hendrik Hondius I and the cousin Hendrik Hondius II (c. 1597-1644), which often leads to confusion in literature about them having a father-son relationship. New Hollstein, Hondius, 90. Condition: Strong impression. Slightly worn plate. Minor ink offset, mainly to plate mark. Trimmed close to plate mark. |
| Framing | unmounted |
| Price | £150.00 |
| Stock ID | 46052 |