Adriaen Collaert

Adriaen Collaert (ca.1560 – 1618), was a Flemish designer and engraver.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Subjects from his own designs 3 Subjects after various masters 4 References 5 External Links

Biography

The year he was born at Antwerp is not known, but this is determined to be between 1555 and 1565.^[1] According to the RKD in 1580 he became wijnmeester of the Guild of St. Luke. The title wijnmeester was reserved for sons of members, and he was the son of Jan Collaert I and Anna van der Heijden. He married Justa Galle, the daughter of the man he worked for, Philip Galle.^[1] He also worked for Gerard de Jode (where he made prints after Maerten de Vos), Eduard Hoeswinckel and Hans van Luyck.^[1] Alter having learnt the principles of the art in his own country, he visited Italy for improvement, where he passed some years. On his return to Flanders, he engraved a great number of plates, executed in a neatly finished style, but with a certain degree of dryness. He died at Antwerp in 1618.^[1] His drawing is correct, and his heads expressive. He sometimes marked his plates with a cipher.

From 1593-94 he took on pupils and from 1589 he worked for Plantijn Moretus.^[1] His pupils were Jan Boel, Quirin Boel (I), Adriaan Boon, Jan Collaert (II), and Abraham van Merlen.^[1]

The following are his principal productions:

Subjects from his own designs

• A Man and his Wife, conducted by Death. 1562.
• A Man in Armour, to whom a Woman brings a Child, a Dog, and a Cock.
• The Four Elements; in four plates.
• The Life of Jesus Christ; in thirty-six plates.
• Thirty plates of Birds.
• One hundred and twenty-five plates of Fishes.
• Twenty-four plates; entitled Florilegium ab Hadriano Collaert caelatum, &c.
• The Temptation of St. Anthony.
• St. Apollonia.

Subjects after various masters

• The Twelve Months of the Year; after Josse De Momper; the same that Callot has engraved.
• The Last Judgment; after J. Stradan.
• St. Hubert; after the same.
• Twelve plates of Horses ; after the same.
• A Hunting and Fishing Party; after the same.
• The Israelitish Women singing the Song of Praise for the Destruction of the Egyptian Host in the Red Sea; after the same.
• A Woman saving her Child from a Lion; after the same.
• Twelve Landscapes; after Hendrik van Cleef.
• A set of Hermitesses; after M. de Vos ; engraved conjointly with his son Hans Collaert.
• The Calling of St. Andrew to the Apostleship; after Barocci.
• The Repose in Egypt; after H. Goltzius. 1585.
• A set of six plates, called the Annunciations; considered among the best of his works.

References

This article incorporates text from the article "COLLAERT, Adriaen" in Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers by Michael Bryan, edited by Robert Edmund Graves and Sir Walter Armstrong, an 1886–1889 publication now in the public domain.

• Adriaen Collaert on Artnet

External Links

Burial of Jacob at the Birmingham Museum of Art

Persondata
Name	Collaert, Adriaen
Alternative names
Short description	designer, engraver
Date of birth	c. 1560
Place of birth	Antwerp
Date of death	1618
Place of death	Antwerp