William Hondius

Dutch (1598 / 1599 - 1658 / 1660)
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William Hondius Frederick V, King of Bohemia, 1596 - 1632 1633

Biography

Born 1598 / 1599
Died 1658 / 1660
Nationality Dutch

William Hondius’s father, Henrik Hondius, was one of the most important Dutch printmakers and publishers of his time. William continued the tradition and became extremely successful in his own right. In the 1630s he began publishing his own prints alongside his fathers. In 1636 he left The Hague and moved to Danzig (Gdańsk), in the then Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. He went on to become the royal engraver of King Wladyslaw IV Waza, king of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

Artworks

Elizabeth, Queen of Bohemia, 1596 - 1662. Daughter of James VI and I 1630
Frederick V, King of Bohemia, 1596 - 1632 1633
Willem Lodewyk, Count Nassau-Dietz, 1560 - 1620 1630
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Glossary terms

Engraving

  • The printmaking technique in which an image is inscribed on a copper plate with a tool that cuts a groove in the surface. This groove holds the ink that creates the print when it is applied to paper. Also refers to the method of making an incision on a material such as glass.