Romeyn de Hooghe

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Romeyn de Hooghe

Romeyn de Hooghe (bapt. 10 September 1645 – 10 June 1708) was an important and prolific late Dutch Baroque, painter, sculptor, engraver and caricaturist.

Biography

Map of Haarlem surrounded by decorative engravings of a cityscape and notable buildings, 1688

The Hague, etching ca. 1700

De Hooghe was born in Amsterdam. He was skilled as an etcher, draughtsman, painter, sculptor and medalist. He is best known for political caricatures of Louis XIV and propagandistic prints supporting William of Orange. During his career, de Hooghe produced over 3500 prints. He also illustrated books, and his illustrations can be found in some of the most important texts of his period. The Hieroglyphica of Merkbeelden der oude volkeren (1735) was a well known emblem book and sourcebook for classical mythology and its iconography.

According to Houbraken he was particularly good at inventive arrangements of subjects in engravings. He was also a gifted painter and painted large panels for the rooms of the mayor's office in Enkhuizen and a room in the estate of Mattthijs van den Broeck in Dubbeldam.^[1] Houbraken disapproved of his dissolute lifestyle however, and felt that despite an enormous talent, as he grew older, he engraved shameful subjects that were a disgrace to the profession.^[1]

According to the RKD he became a member of the Confrerie Pictura in 1662 and again in 1683 in the Hague.^[2] He was engaged to Maria Lansman of Edam in 1673, and their child was baptized in the Nieuwezijds Kapel in Amsterdam in 1674.^[2] He is known for decorative borders on large-scale city maps. His pupils were Filibert Bouttats (1654-after 1731), Filibertus Bouttats (1635–1707), Frans Decker, François Harrewijn, Jacobus Harrewijn, Aernout Naghtegael, Laurens Scherm, and Adriaen Schoonebeek.^[2] De Hooghe died in Haarlem.

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 (Dutch) Romeyn de Hooghe Biography in De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Romeyn de Hooghe in the Netherlands Institute for Art History

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External links

The Battle of Chocim - A copperplate engraving by Romeyn de Hooghe at the Wilanów Palace Museum

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 15043211 LCCN: n83070493 ISNI: 0000 0001 2276 8756 GND: 118774875 BNF: cb14965907m BPN: 59141219 ULAN: 500015656

Persondata
Name	Hooghe, Romeyn de
Alternative names	Romein de Hooge
Short description	Dutch Golden Age painter, engraver, and sculptor
Date of birth	10 September 1645
Place of birth	Amsterdam
Date of death	10 June 1708
Place of death	Haarlem

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