Willem Isaacsz Swanenburg
The Sailing Chariot, ca. 1603. Simon Stevin's invention of the wind car
The Judgment of Paris, c. 1609
Willem Isaacsz van Swanenburg (29 January 1580 – 31 May 1612), was a Dutch Golden Age engraver and the youngest son of Isaac van Swanenburg.[1]
Biography
Swanenburg was born in Leiden. He learned drawing and engraving from his father, together with his brothers Jacob and Claes, who both became respected painters.[1] According to Houbraken he was a respected engraver who became "Hopman" (flag-bearer) of the Leiden schutterij, but died young.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Willem Isaacsz van Swanenburg in the RKD
- ↑ (Dutch) Isaak Nicolai biography in De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature
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