Leiden
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RKD
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. a Dutch engraver, draftsman and goldsmith. He is presumed to have been instructed in engraving by
Hendrik Goltzius
Hendrick Goltzius, or Hendrik, (; ; January or February 1558 – 1 January 1617) was a German-born Dutch printmaker, draftsman, and painter. He was the leading Dutch engraver of the early Baroque period, or Northern Mannerism, lauded for his s ...
. He worked entirely with the graver, in an open, clear style. There are by him several plates, some of which are from his own designs. He occasionally marked his prints with his name, but more frequently with a ciphers.
Among other engravings by him are the following:
*''Jonah in the Sea, swallowed by the Whale''; circular.
*''Jonah thrown back on the Sea-shore''; the same.
*''A Dutch Merry-making''; after his own design.
*''Adam and Eve taking the Forbidden Fruit''; after C. van Mander.
*''Christ appearing to the Magdalen''; B. Dolendo, inv. et fec.
*''The Holy Family''; after M. Coxcie.
*''St. John preaching in the Wilderness''.
*''Pyramus and Thisbe''; after
Crispin van den Broeck
Chrispijn van den Broeck (1523 – c. 1591) was a Flemish painter, draughtsman, print designer and designer of temporary decorations.B. Spranger.
*''The Assumption of the Virgin''.