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Artists›Hieronymus Cock

Hieronymus Cock

Southern Netherlands, 1518–1570

WA-00023445

Antwerp

PrintmakingRenaissance

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WikidataQ640361

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Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q640361
Tier 1 · Institutional40%

About

Why this artist matters now

Hieronymus Cock was a Southern Netherlandish printmaker and publisher who founded one of the most influential print workshops in sixteenth-century Antwerp. He produced engravings and etchings after works by contemporary and historical masters, establishing the reproductive print as a commercial and artistic enterprise. His workshop disseminated Italian Renaissance compositions across Northern Europe, making him a crucial conduit between Italian and Flemish artistic traditions. Cock also commissioned original designs from artists including Pieter Bruegel the Elder, whose prints he published and distributed throughout his career.

Source: Wikidata · Trust score: 40% · Updated 8d ago

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Rijksmuseum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art

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Artworks (67)

Landscape with a Chateau at the right

1630 · etching and engraving

Sheet: 23.2 x 31.9 cm (9 1/8 x 12 9/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Mercury with the Head of Argus in His Hand

1558 · etching on laid paper

sheet (trimmed to plate): 22.4 × 32.4 cm (8 13/16 × 12 3/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Cephalus and Procris

1558 · etching on laid paper mounted on wove paper

sheet: 22 × 30.8 cm (8 11/16 × 12 1/8 in.) mount: 30.7 × 38.9 cm (12 1/16 × 15 5/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Tobit, from "Landscapes with Biblical and Mythological Scenes"

1558 · Etching

Sheet: 9 1/16 x 12 7/16 in. (23 x 31.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Mercury Lulling Argus to Sleep, from "Landscapes with Biblical and Mythological Scenes"

1558 · Etching

Sheet: 8 15/16 x 12 3/4 in. (22.7 x 32.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Abraham and Isaac on the way to Sacrifice

1558 · Etching

Sheet: 12 1/8 x 8 7/8 in. (30.8 x 22.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Cephalus and Procris, from Landscapes with Biblical and Mythological Scenes

1558 · Etching on ivory laid paper

Plate: 21.9 × 30.7 cm (8 5/8 × 12 1/8 in.); sheet: 27.3 × 37.3 cm (10 3/4 × 14 11/16 in.)

Hieronymus Cock

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