Hieronymus Cock
Hieronymus Jérôme Cock (around 1510 , † 1570 ) was a Dutch publisher .
Cock, who is considered one of the most important publishers of engravings in the 16th century , was also active as a painter and engraver .
Pieter Bruegel the Elder completed his apprenticeship with Cock, who distributed Bruegel's drawings by publishing them as engraving reproductions.
He had a major influence on art through the sheets of ruined landscapes of ancient Roman buildings produced in 1551, the motifs of which the painters increasingly began to integrate into their pictures, which led to a pronounced romanticism of ruins among later painters (26 sheets of Roman ruins).
literature
- Florian Köhler: Hieronymus Cocks series of the Roman ruins . Thesis. Faculty of History and Cultural Studies at the University of Vienna, 2013 ( PDF file; 57 MB ).
- Joseph Eduard Wessely : Cock, Hieronymus . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 4, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1876, p. 384.
Web links
Commons : Hieronymus Cock - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
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SURNAME | Cock, Hieronymus |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cock, Hieronymus Jérôme (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch publisher |
DATE OF BIRTH | around 1510 |
DATE OF DEATH | 1570 |