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Cornelis Boel (c. 1576 – c. 1621) was a Flemish draughtsman and engraver. He is sometimes known as Cornelis Bol, or Cornelis Bol I, to distinguish him from later artists of the same name.
Boel was born at
Life
Boel was born at Antwerp
Antwerp (; nl, Antwerpen ; french: Anvers ; es, Amberes) is the largest city in Belgium by area at and the capital of Antwerp Province in the Flemish Region. With a population of 520,504,
in around 1576. He worked mostly as an engraver, in the style of the Sadeler family
The Sadeler family were the largest, and probably the most successful of the dynasties of Flemish engravers that were dominant in Northern European printmaking in the later 16th and 17th centuries, as both artists and publishers. As with othe ...
, of which he was probably a pupil.
His plates are executed in a clear, neat style. He engraved a set of oval plates for the ''Fables of Otto Voenius'', published at Antwerp in 1608. His most substantial works are eight large plates of the battles of Charles V Charles V may refer to:
* Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (1500–1558)
* Charles V of Naples (1661–1700), better known as Charles II of Spain
* Charles V of France (1338–1380), called the Wise
* Charles V, Duke of Lorraine (1643–1690)
* Infan ...
and Francis I Francis I or Francis the First may refer to:
* Francesco I Gonzaga (1366–1407)
* Francis I, Duke of Brittany (1414–1450), reigned 1442–1450
* Francis I of France (1494–1547), King of France, reigned 1515–1547
* Francis I, Duke of Saxe-Lau ...
, executed in collaboration with Jode de Gheyn, the younger, after Antonio Tempesta
Antonio Tempesta, also called il Tempestino (1555 – 5 August 1630), was an Italian painter and engraver, whose art acted as a point of connection between Baroque Rome and the culture of Antwerp. Much of his work depicts major battles and hi ...
. He engraved also the plates to Salomon de Caus's ''La perspective avec la raison des ombres et miroirs'' (1611)
He probably spent some time in England, as appears from his frontispiece to the first edition of the translation of the Bible published by royal authority in 1611, later known as the "King James Version", or the "Authorized Version". It is signed "C Boel ''fecit'', in Richmont.", which has been taken as an indication that he engraved it while staying at Richmond Palace
Richmond Palace was a royal residence on the River Thames in England which stood in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Situated in what was then rural Surrey, it lay upstream and on the opposite bank from the Palace of Westminster, which w ...
. He also engraved a portrait of Henry, Prince of Wales, an oval print with an ornamental border. published by Pieter de Jode I in around 1611–12; Another plate, of ''The Last Judgment'', is signed "Cornelis Boel ''fecit''", with no indication of the name of the painter.
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