Ostend (Oostende) in 1601, by Frans Hogenberg. c. 1586
Frans (Franz) Hogenberg (1535-1590)
Frans Hogenberg was a Flemish and German painter, engraver, and mapmaker. He was born in Mechelen as the son of Nicolaas Hogenberg.
By the end of the 1560s Frans Hogenberg was employed upon Abraham Ortelius's Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, published in 1570; he is named as engraver of numerous maps. In 1568 he was bannend from Antwerp by the Duke of Alva and travelled to London, where he stayed a few years before emigrating to Cologne. There he immediately embarked on his two most important works, the Civitates published from 1572 and the Geschichtsblätter, which appeared in several series from 1569 until about 1587.
Thanks to such large scale projects as the Geschichtsblätter and the Civitates, Hogenberg's social circumstances improved with each passing year. He died as a wealthy man in Cologne in 1590.
Eigentliche abcontrafactur der Seestat Oostende sampt der belegerung des Ertzhertzogen Alberti. Anno . 1601.
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Category: Antique maps > Europe > Belgium - Cities
Old antique bird's-eye view of the siege of Ostend (Oostende) in 1601, by Frans Hogenberg.
Oud gezicht op het beleg van Oostende in 1601. door Frans Hogenberg.
Date of the first edition: c. 1602
Date of this map: c. 1602
Copper engraving, printed on paper.
Size (not including margins): 2.5 x 27.5cm (.9 x 10.7 inches)
Verso: Blank
Condition: Excellent.
Condition Rating: A+
References: Verbouwe (Oostende), #200; Hellwig (Geschichtsblatter), #356; Muller F., #342.
From: Hogenberg Frans, Geschichtsblättern. Köln, c. 1602.
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Frans (Franz) Hogenberg (1535-1590)
Frans Hogenberg was a Flemish and German painter, engraver, and mapmaker. He was born in Mechelen as the son of Nicolaas Hogenberg.
By the end of the 1560s Frans Hogenberg was employed upon Abraham Ortelius's Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, published in 1570; he is named as engraver of numerous maps. In 1568 he was bannend from Antwerp by the Duke of Alva and travelled to London, where he stayed a few years before emigrating to Cologne. There he immediately embarked on his two most important works, the Civitates published from 1572 and the Geschichtsblätter, which appeared in several series from 1569 until about 1587.
Thanks to such large scale projects as the Geschichtsblätter and the Civitates, Hogenberg's social circumstances improved with each passing year. He died as a wealthy man in Cologne in 1590.
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