Pieter van den Keere

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The borderline of the Duchy of Württemberg at the beginning of the Thirty Years War . Map by Pieter van den Keere

Pieter van den Keere , also Peter or Petrus Kaerius , (* 1570 in Ghent , † 1630 in Ghent) was a Belgian engraver and publisher .

life and work

Pieter van den Keere was born in Ghent in 1570 as the son of the book printer and type founder Hendric van den Keere the Younger. Due to religious unrest and persecution, he fled to London , where he worked as an engraver. His earliest engravings can be found in John Norden's Speculum Britanniae (1593), including bird's-eye views of London and Westminster Abbey . Pieter van den Keere returned to Holland around 1595 and settled in Amsterdam , where he lived and worked until his death. The first to appear there is the Nova totius Europae descriptio in cooperation with Jodocus Hondius . In addition to his work as a copper engraver, from 1609 he also appeared as a publisher. For example, in 1613 he delivered several globes to the Rotterdam Admiralty. In 1617 the atlas of the Netherlands Germania inferior appears with his name as the author and with some maps showing his full engraving signature. In addition to various topographical single sheets, including of Amsterdam (1618), Nuremberg (1619) and the Duchy of Württemberg (1619), Van den Keere engraved a map of the world ( Nova totius terrarum orbis ) in 1621 , which was published by Jan Janszoon in Amsterdam. After 1620 he seems to have been involved in a brisk copper engraving trade, at least an inventory taken in 1623 shows a rich supply of corresponding works. He died in Ghent in 1630.

Web links

Biblioteca Nacional de España :

Koninklijke Bibliotheek van België :

Universiteitsbilbliotheek van Amsterdam

Jouwprenten.nl

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personal data
SURNAME Keere, Pieter van den
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kaerius, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian engraver and publisher
DATE OF BIRTH 1570
PLACE OF BIRTH Ghent
DATE OF DEATH 1630
Place of death Ghent