Discover engraver (printmaker), etcher, publisher Frans Hogenberg

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: Hogenberg, Franz
Hogenbergh, Frans
Hogenberch, Frans
Hoogenbergh, François
this artist recorded in Neeffs 1876 as 'François': Neeffs published his data, which he drew from Flemish sources, in French translation (JKO, 2023/5).

Monogram: FH

Qualifications: engraver (printmaker), etcher, publisher, painter, draftsperson, cartographer

Nationality/school: South Netherlandish, German

Born: Mechelen 1538/1540
c. 1538-1540

Deceased: Keulen (city) 1590
c. 1590

Family relationships this field records any family relationship to one or more other artist(s).: son of Nicolaus Hogenberg and Johanna Verstraeten, brother of engraver Remigius Hogenberg. Married 1) (no place, no date) Katharina von Bönen (died 1578) from Malines, and 2) (no place, no date, but c. 1579) Agnes Lomar; father of Abraham and Johann Hogenberg

This person/entity in other databases

9 hits in RKDimages as artist
8 hits in RKDlibrary as subject
2 hits in RKDlibrary as illustrator
3 hits in RKDexcerpts as artist

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Mechelen 1558
Frankrijk 1560 - 1561
travelled to France, possibly with Abraham Ortelius and Gerhard Mercator (Neeffs 1876)
Poitiers 1560
signed the celtic stone in the vicinity of Poitiers (Neeffs 1876)
Mechelen
Wesel 1564
Before he settled with his wife, daughter and son in Cologne in 1564 , the stayed in Wesel: his signature is on the Lutheran city confession there (Saur
Keulen (stad) 1564
Antwerpen (stad) 1564
he seems to have commuted between Antwerp and Cologne
Londen (Engeland) 1564 - 1568
Walpole et al. 1762/1876 (ed. Wornum); is thought to have travelled there with his brother Remigius (Saur 2012)
Antwerpen (stad) 1568
His name appears on a list of banished people from the Netherlands in 1568 by the Duke of Alva.
Keulen (stad) 1570 - 1585
Frankfurt am Main (stad)
was possibly shortly in Frankfurt
Hamburg (stad) 1585 - 1588
Denemarken 1588
published with S. Novellanus the burial ceremony of Frederik II
Hamburg (stad) 1589
Keulen (stad) 1589 - 1590

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Connections with other artists

Pupil of This field mentions the names of teachers or masters. What is at issue are the teachers who made a significant contribution to the development of a students, as opposed to every instructor they ever had. See also the 'Education' field.: Brugghen, Hendrick ter
Influence on This field specifies the artists influenced by the artist in question, without there being question of an educational setting or servile following.: Robin, Joris

Subjects This field specifies the various subject categories or genres that constitute the oeuvre of the artist in question. The contents of this field are generally based more on the documentation available at the RKD than on the literature.: history (genre), portrait, topography

Medium/technique: oil paint

Member of

Sint-Lucasgilde (Mechelen)

Literature

Literature in RKDLibrary: 8 hits in RKDlibrary as subject

Walpole et al. 1762/1876 (ed. Wornum) , vol. 3, p. 127-128
Kramm 1857-1864 , vol. 2 (1858), p. 709-710
Van der Aa 1852-1878 , vol. 8, 2 (1867), p. 927-928 (as: Frans Hogenberg)
Neeffs 1876 , vol. 1, p. 218, 219, 502
Thieme/Becker 1907-1950 , vol. 17 (1924), p. 306-307
Hollstein et al. 1949-2010 , vol. 9 [1953], p. 51-55
Roosval 1952-1967 , vol. 3, p. 164
Witt Checklist 1978
Turner et al. 1996 , vol. 14, p. 643-644 (as: Hogenberg, Franz)
Saur 1992- , vol. 74 (2012), p. 178 (as; Hogenberg, Franz)

L. Lebeer, 'Het cultuurleven te Mechelen. I. De beeldende kunsten. 3. De graveerkunst te Mechelen', in: R. Foncke et al. (ed.), Mechelen de Heerlijke, Mechelen 1938-1947, p. 453-478
I.M. Veldman, 'Keulen als toevluchtsoord voor Nederlandse kunstenaars (1567-1612)', Oud Holland 107 (1993), p. 34-58, esp. p. 42-46

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External links: this artist in Ecartico

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Creation date: 1992-02-07; Last modified date: 2023-06-04

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