Herausgegeben Von Klaus Albrecht Schröder Und Marian Bisanz-prakken ; Mit Beiträgen Von Marian Bisanz-prakken ... [et Al.]. Catalog For The Exhibition At The Albertina, Vienna, Mar. 26 - June 27, 2004. Includes Bibliographical References
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Northern Netherlandish Art, 1580-1620 - druk 1
Ger Luijten
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Hieronymus Cock (1518-1570) was an Antwerp painter and printmaker. Together with his wife, he was one of the first to establish a publishing house for prints. From 1548 their firm “At the Sign of the Four Winds” issued hundreds of important etchings and engravings. Prints after frescoes and paintings by Italian artists Raphael and Bronzino, the first series of classical ruins, antique sculpture, as well as designs by such Northern artists as Maarten van Heemskerck and Frans Floris were distributed all over Europe and helped to spread Renaissance ideals of beauty. It was Cock who spotted the talent of Pieter Bruegel, an artist who would eventually supply Cock with more than sixty designs for prints.