Marinus Robyn van der Goes or Marinus van der Goes
[Alternative names: Marinus Robin van der Goes, Ignatius Cornelis Marinus, Ignatius Cornelis Marinus] (Goes or London?, 1599 -
Antwerp, 1639) was a
Flemish
Flemish (''Vlaams'') is a Low Franconian dialect cluster of the Dutch language. It is sometimes referred to as Flemish Dutch (), Belgian Dutch ( ), or Southern Dutch (). Flemish is native to Flanders, a historical region in northern Belgium; ...
engraver. He was active as a reproductive engraver after the works of Flemish and Dutch designers.
[Marinus Robyn van der Goes]
at the Netherlands Institute for Art History
The Netherlands Institute for Art History or RKD (Dutch: RKD-Nederlands Instituut voor Kunstgeschiedenis), previously Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie (RKD), is located in The Hague and is home to the largest art history center i ...
Life
Historical data about van der Goes’ life are scarce. He was together with
Hans Witdoeck a pupil of
Lucas Vorsterman
Lucas Vorsterman (1595–1675) was a Baroque engraver. He worked with the artists Peter Paul Rubens and Anthony van Dyck, as well as for patrons such as Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel and Charles I of England.
Biography
Vorsterman wa ...
during the years 1630–31. He was admitted as a master of the
Guild of St. Luke of Antwerp in 1632–1633.
[ He had three pupils: Alexander Goubau, Antonius Coolberger and Gaspard Leemans.][Biographical details in H. HYMANS, ''Histoire de la gravure dans l’école de Rubens'', Brussel, 1879, pp. 204, 408–13]
He died on 27 April 1639 in Antwerp and was buried in the local St. James' Church.[De levens en werken der Hollandsche en Vlaamsche kunstschilders]
In the burial register of the parish he was referred to as 'Marin van der Goes'.[Supplément au catalogue du Musée d'Anvers]
Works
He worked as an engraver for the leading Flemish painters of his age. In Rubens' studio he belonged to the 'new generation' of engravers with the likes of Hans Witdoeck. There are 18 engravings made by van der Goes on the basis of Rubens’ designs. The technique of van der Goes was more free than that of Vorsterman and was thus extremely well suited to the Rubens’ style. The burin is applied with great finesse and fairly tightly and preserves across the plate a transparency and lightness that allows van der Goes to achieve the correct effect through relatively tempered black tones.[
He also made engravings after designs of prominent painters of his time such as Jacob Jordaens, ]Adriaen Brouwer
Adriaen Brouwer (, in Oudenaarde – January 1638, in Antwerp) was a Flemish painter active in Flanders and the Dutch Republic in the first half of the 17th century. , Hendrik Martenszoon Sorgh and Theodoor van Thulden
Theodoor van Thulden (1606–12 July 1669) was a painter, draughtsman and engraver from 's-Hertogenbosch. He is mainly known for his altarpieces, mythological subjects, allegorical works and portraits. He was active in Antwerp, where he had tr ...
. He signed all his engravings with Marinus.[
]
References
Bibliography
* H. HYMANS, ''Histoire de la gravure dans l’école de Rubens'', Brussel, 1879, pp. 204, 408–13.
* J. R. JUDSON, C. VAN DE VELDE, ''Book Illustrations and Title-pages (1977), xxi of Corpus Rubenianum Ludwig Burchard'', Brussel, 1968–, pp. 296–9.
* K. RENGER, G. UNVERFEHRT (eds.), ''Rubens in der Grafik'', Göttingen, 1977, pp. 60–61.
* I. POHLEN, ''Untersuchungen zur Reproduction-Graphik der Rubens-Werkst.'', M. 1985.
* E. MAI en H. VLIEGHE (eds.), ''Von Bruegel bis Rubens'', Keulen, 1993.
* N. VAN HOUT (red.), ''Copyright Rubens. Rubens en de grafiek'', Gent/Antwerpen, 2004.
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Flemish engravers
17th-century engravers
Painters from Antwerp
16th-century births
1639 deaths