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Jan Huyghen van Linschoten
J. Hugo v. Linchoten geb. zu Harlem im J. 1563.
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- Author: BRY, Theodor de; after
- Publication place: [Weimar
- Publisher: Friedrich Justin Bertuch
- Publication date: c1808].
- Physical description: Stippled portrait.
- Dimensions: 145 by 100mm. (5.75 by 4 inches).
- Inventory reference: 17743
Notes
Linschoten’s portrait in ‘Allgemeine Geographische Ephemeriden’ is a truncated version of the portrait made of the cartographer in 1599 by Theodor de Bry. It is set in an oval and simply accopmanied by his date of birth, as he was still alive at the time of the magazine’s publication.
Biography
BRY, Theodor de 1528 - 1598
Born in Liège, de Bry trained as a goldsmith and probably served his apprenticeship with his father, who was a guild member and magistrate. He had moved to Strasbourg by 1560, where he married and became a member of the guild. An autobiographical note in one of his works suggests that he was forced to leave Liège after Robert de Berghes became prince-bishop in 1557, possibly because of his evangelical sympathies: however, he was not in the guild records when he left Liège and may just have wanted to establish a new business. The Peace of Augsburg in 1555 had established Strasbourg as a Lutheran city, but attitudes towards Calvinists remained unfriendly.
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