TY - THES
AU - Nadine Monica Orenstein
AB - This dissertation clarifies the contribution of the publisher to printmaking in seventeenth-century Holland by focusing on the activities of one publisher in particular, Hendrik Hondius. Active as a printmaker and publisher in The Hague between 1595 and 1650, Hondius' contributions designate him as one of the most significant print publishers of his time. His oeuvre and activities are assembled here and analyzed in the context of sixteenth and seventeenth-century print publication.

A discussion of the profession of print publishing and its development in both the Northern and Southern Netherlands occupies the first chapter. In the following chapter Hondius' life is described. Hondius was concerned with religious and political issues; as a Contra-Remonstrant he played an active role in the political upheavals of 1618. In the third chapter the stylistic progression of Hondius' own c.260 prints and 35 drawings is analyzed.

The fourth chapter considers Hondius' publishing activities and oeuvre (some 1,000 prints and 11 books). The discussion is based on archival evidence and the appended catalogues of Hondius' work. First the chronological progression of his publishing activities is described, then the primary engravers and etchers who worked for Hondius are treated (Simon Frisius, Andries Stock and Willem Hondius). Unlike some contemporaries with a "house style," Hondius encouraged variety among the works he produced. The following section emphasizes the importance of republished plates and the many ways in which these second-hand plates were passed from publisher to publisher. The materials and activities of print publishing (e.g. the tools of the trade, prices, patronage, print privileges, and dedications) are then discussed and finally Hondius' production of illustrated books and broadsheets is examined.

The conclusion steps back from Hondius and attempts to sum up more generally the personalities and processes affecting the publication of prints in seventeenth-century Holland.

The text is followed by catalogues of Hondius' own prints, and drawings, and the prints and books he published, as well as a chronological list of his publications and a concordance with the catalogue of his work in Hollstein.
LA - English
M3 - Ph.D. Dissertation
N1 - Hondius was one of the major Dutch publishers of the period
N2 - This dissertation clarifies the contribution of the publisher to printmaking in seventeenth-century Holland by focusing on the activities of one publisher in particular, Hendrik Hondius. Active as a printmaker and publisher in The Hague between 1595 and 1650, Hondius' contributions designate him as one of the most significant print publishers of his time. His oeuvre and activities are assembled here and analyzed in the context of sixteenth and seventeenth-century print publication.

A discussion of the profession of print publishing and its development in both the Northern and Southern Netherlands occupies the first chapter. In the following chapter Hondius' life is described. Hondius was concerned with religious and political issues; as a Contra-Remonstrant he played an active role in the political upheavals of 1618. In the third chapter the stylistic progression of Hondius' own c.260 prints and 35 drawings is analyzed.

The fourth chapter considers Hondius' publishing activities and oeuvre (some 1,000 prints and 11 books). The discussion is based on archival evidence and the appended catalogues of Hondius' work. First the chronological progression of his publishing activities is described, then the primary engravers and etchers who worked for Hondius are treated (Simon Frisius, Andries Stock and Willem Hondius). Unlike some contemporaries with a "house style," Hondius encouraged variety among the works he produced. The following section emphasizes the importance of republished plates and the many ways in which these second-hand plates were passed from publisher to publisher. The materials and activities of print publishing (e.g. the tools of the trade, prices, patronage, print privileges, and dedications) are then discussed and finally Hondius' production of illustrated books and broadsheets is examined.

The conclusion steps back from Hondius and attempts to sum up more generally the personalities and processes affecting the publication of prints in seventeenth-century Holland.

The text is followed by catalogues of Hondius' own prints, and drawings, and the prints and books he published, as well as a chronological list of his publications and a concordance with the catalogue of his work in Hollstein.
PB - New York University
PY - 1992
EP - 766 pp.
TI - Hendrik Hondius (Duffel 1573-The Hague 1650) and the Business of Prints
ER -