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JORIS HOEFNAGEL (1545-1601)

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Originally appearing in Volume V13, Page 560 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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JORIS
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HOEFNAGEL (1545-1601)  , Dutch painter and engraver, the son of a
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diamond
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merchant, was
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born at
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Antwerp . I-Ie travelled abroad, making drawings from archaeological subjects, and was a
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pupil of
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Jan Bol at Mechlin . He was afterwards patronized by the elector of
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Bavaria at
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Munich, where he stayed eight years, and by the
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Emperor
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Rudolph at
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Prague . He died at
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Vienna in 16o1 . He is famous for his
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miniature
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work, especially on a
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missal in the imperial library at Vienna; he painted animals and
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plants to illustrate
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works on natural
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history; and his engravings (especially for Braun's Civitates orbis terrarum, 1J72, and
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Ortelius's Theatrum orbis terrarum, 1570) give him an interesting
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place among
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early topographical draughtsmen .

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