Jean Surhon

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Map of the Vermandois (right) in the atlas Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (1579) by Ortelius; the map on the left is by Nicholas de Nicolay and shows a stretch of coast from Estables to Calais
Map of Picardy in the atlas Le Theater Francoys (1594) by Maurice Bouguereau

Jean Surhon , including Jean de Surhon , Jean Surhonio , Jean Surchon , Johann Surhonio or Ioannes Suthon , (* 1st half of the 16th century in Mons , Hainaut ; † after 1594) was a Franco-Flemish engraver and cartographer. His work has been documented from 1557 to 1594 and so it is very likely that he lived until the 16th century.

From his family came two other engravers and cartographers who were of the same name: Jacques Surhon († 1557), his father, and Jacques Surhon († 1610), probably his brother. Both worked in Mons. The father was also a silversmith.

From his cartographic work, three maps of areas in north-eastern France as far as Belgium have survived: Namur (1553), Vermandois (1557) and Picardy (1557). The first edition of the atlas Theatrum Orbis Terrarum by Abraham Ortelius - published in Antwerp in 1570 - contained the map of Vermandois. In a further edition from 1579 the maps of Namur and Picardy were published by Ortelius.

In some editions - such as a print published by Pieter van den Keere in Amsterdam in 1622 - Jean Surhon is incorrectly mentioned as the author of a map of the Artois area , which his father Jacques Surhon created in 1554.

The maps of Vermandois and Picardy were also used in the atlas Le Theater Francoys , published in Tours in 1594 by Maurice Bouguereau .

literature

  • Leo Bagrow : The history of cartography: With 228 reproductions of maps on 8 color plates, 112 art print plates and in the text 1435 names and dates of cartographers , Safari Verlag, Berlin 1951, p. 134, 366

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Remarks

  1. ^ Leo Bagrow: The history of cartography (1951), p. 366 [Surchon (ius), Jacob]
personal data
SURNAME Surhon, Jean
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Surhon, Jean de; Surhonio, Jean; Surchon, Jean; Surhonio, Johann; Suthon, Ioanne; Surhonius, Ioannes; Suthonio, Ioanne
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Franco-Flemish engraver and cartographer
DATE OF BIRTH between 1501 and 1550
PLACE OF BIRTH Mons , Hainaut
DATE OF DEATH after 1594