Peter Schenk the Elder

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Peter Schenk 1697

Peter Schenk the Elder (born December 26, 1660 in Elberfeld (today in Wuppertal ), † 1711 in Leipzig ) was a German engraver and cartographer .

The engraver and map publisher Petrus Schen (c) k (also Pieter, Peter) moved from Wuppertal to Amsterdam around 1684 and became a student of Gerard Valck , who specialized in mezzotint . In 1687 he married Agatha Valck, his teacher's sister. Schenk drew several Amsterdam mayors, such as B. Nicolaes Witsen . In 1694 he and his brother-in-law bought some of the printing plates from the Johannes Janssonius company ; Frederik de Wit bought another part. Only then did the company start issuing cards.

Schenk lived in the Jordaan until 1700 . The couple had six children, all of whom were baptized in the Westerkerk . Then he either moved to Dam , where Valck had his publishing house, but it could also be that Schenk, who visited the Leipzig Trade Fair several times and opened a shop on Petersstrasse in Leipzig , settled there. He must also have visited the Brandenburg capital, Berlin , as several graphics by his hand show Berlin motifs, including an engraving of the Berlin City Palace with the older Berlin Cathedral . In any case, in 1708 he was back in Amsterdam, where he is named as godfather .

Until his death in 1711 he published numerous maps and pictures. It is unknown when and where Schenk was buried, but his widow traveled back to Amsterdam.

His son Peter Schenk the Younger was also a well-known cartographer. Johannes Schenck , the musician and composer, wasn't his brother.

Works

Krakow, copper engraving by Peter Schenk
The Stadhuis on the Dam Square . The publisher was somewhere on the left. Painting by Gerrit Adriaenszoon Berckheyde (1638–1698)
The Schlossplatz in Berlin with the Long Bridge (left), the older cathedral church (center) and the city palace (right). Engraving by Peter Schenk, around 1700
  • Europa excultissima. Amsterdam, around 1700 ( digitized edition of the University and State Library Düsseldorf )
  • Nova et accurata Belgii Hispanici Gallicique tabula. 2nd edition, Amsterdam, approx. 1700 ( digitized edition )
  • Africa elaboratissima. Amsterdam, around 1700 ( digitized edition )
  • America septentrionalis novissima. America Meridionalis accuratissima. Amsterdam, around 1700 ( digitized edition )
  • Asia accuratissime descripta: ex omnibus, quae hactenus extiterunt imprimis viri ampliss (imi) Nicolai Witsen, consulis Amstelaedamensis exactissimis delineationibus. Amsterdam, around 1700 ( digitized edition )
  • Superioris ac inferioris Bavariae tabula elegantissima atque exactißima quippe ei annexae tegiones, ditiones, ac praefecturae finitimae. Amsterdam, around 1700 ( digitized edition )
  • Continentis Italiae pars australior, sive regnum Neapolitanum Hispaniae obediens, subdivisum in suos districtus, terras, atque principatus, quibus adjectae Sicilia, in valles tripartitae et contra Turcas ejus propugnaculum Malta insula. Amsterdam, ca.1703 ( digitized edition )
  • Atlas contractus sive mapparum geographicarum Sansoniarum auctarum et correctarum nova congeries . Schenk, Amsterdam 1703 ( digitized version )
  • Corona Portugalliae et Algarbiae, veteris Hispaniae quondam pars, quae Lusitania audiit: iam amplior, hic suas in provincias et dioeceses noviter distributas. Amsterdam, 1703 ( digitized edition )
  • Illustration : Treffen by Carpi . the 10 Jul 1701 . Amsterdam, 1712
  • Illustration : Meeting by Chiari , September 1st, 1701 . Amsterdam, 1712
  • Superioris atque inferioris Alsatiae. Tabula perquam accurata et exacta; proximis regionibus iucunde huic insertis, annexisque. Amsterdam, around 1715 ( digitized edition )
  • Schouwburgh van den oorlog, beginning van Koning Karel II. Tot op Koning Karel III. Amsterdam: Schenk, 1716–1726 ( digitized edition )

Web links

Commons : Pieter Schenk (I)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Krogt, P. van der, Petrus Schenk I, overleden te Leipzig in 1711, Caert-Thresoor 4 (1985), pp. 37-38; Stadsarchief Amsterdam, NA 5025, Not. S. Wijmer, November 17, 1711.