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Frans Hogenberg (ca. 1540-ca. 1590) was a Flemish and German engraver and mapmaker who also painted. He was born in Mechelen, south of Antwerp, the son of wood engraver and etcher Nicolas Hogenberg. Together with his father, brother (Remigius), uncle, and cousins, Frans was one member of a prominent artistic family in the Netherlands.

During the 1550s, Frans worked in Antwerp with the famous mapmaker Abraham Ortelius. There, he engraved the maps for Ortelius’ groundbreaking first atlas, published in Antwerp in 1570, along with Johannes van Deotecum and Ambrosius and Ferdinand Arsenius. It is suspected he engraved the title page as well. Later, Ortelius supported Hogenberg with information for a different project, the Civitates orbis terrarium (edited by Georg Braun, engraved by Hogenberg, published in six volumes, Cologne, 1572-1617). Hogenberg engraved the majority of the work’s 546 prospects and views.

It is possible that Frans spent some time in England while fleeing from religious persecution, but he was living and working in Cologne by 1580. That is the city where he died around 1590. In addition to his maps, he is known for his historical allegories and portraits. His brother, Remigius, also went on to some fame as an engraver, and he died around the same time as his brother.

Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1644 circa
Size:
19.5 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
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Place/Date:
Cologne / 1617 circa
Size:
20 x 14.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
93403
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1617
Size:
17.5 x 13 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
86393
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1617
Size:
18.5 x 12.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
91087
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1613 circa
Size:
21 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
55156mp2
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1612
Size:
12.75 x 13.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
96140
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1600 circa
Size:
17.5 x 12.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
78232
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1600 circa
Size:
19.5 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
79538
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1600 circa
Size:
19.75 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
96849
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1599
Size:
20 x 14.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
90839
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1599
Size:
18.5 x 13 inches
Condition:
Stock#:
96863
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1599
Size:
19.5 x 14.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
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96874
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1599
Size:
17 x 13 inches
Condition:
VG+
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96876
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1599
Size:
16.5 x 11.5 inches
Condition:
VG
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96877
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1599
Size:
19 x 10 inches
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VG+
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96905
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1599
Size:
19 x 13 inches
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VG+
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Place/Date:
Cologne / 1599
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19 x 13 inches
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VG
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Cologne / 1599
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19 x 13.5 inches
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VG+
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Place/Date:
Cologne / 1599
Size:
19 x 13.5 inches
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VG+
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Place/Date:
Cologne / 1599
Size:
19 x 13.5 inches
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VG+
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96922
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1599
Size:
19 x 13 inches
Condition:
VG+
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96923
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1597
Size:
19.5 x 14.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
45382
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1597 circa
Size:
31 x 18 inches
Condition:
VG
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96852
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1596 circa
Size:
18.75 x 14 inches
Condition:
VG
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96138
Place/Date:
Frankfurt / 1595 circa
Size:
19 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG+
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57541
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1594
Size:
19.5 x 14 inches
Condition:
VG+
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29576
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1593
Size:
18 x 12.5 inches
Condition:
VG
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Place/Date:
Cologne / 1593
Size:
19 x 13.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
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Place/Date:
Cologne / 1593
Size:
18.5 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG+
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76875
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1593 circa
Size:
19.5 x 14 inches
Condition:
VG+
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Place/Date:
Cologne / 1593
Size:
19 x 13.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
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Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1700
Size:
21 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG
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40847
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1625
Size:
11 x 8.5 inches
Condition:
VG
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49173
Place/Date:
/ 1618 circa
Size:
20 x 11 inches
Condition:
VG+
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91093
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1617
Size:
18 x 14 inches
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VG+
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Cologne / 1617
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18 x 13 inches
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Cologne / 1617
Size:
18 x 14 inches
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Cologne / 1617
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18 x 14 inches
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Cologne / 1617
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18 x 14 inches
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VG
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Cologne / 1617
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Cologne / 1617
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18 x 14 inches
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VG+
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Cologne / 1617
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VG
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Cologne / 1617
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18 x 14 inches
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Place/Date:
Cologne / 1617
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18.5 x 12.5 inches
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VG
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Cologne / 1617
Size:
14 x 18 inches
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VG
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47065
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1617 circa
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15.5 x 11.5 inches
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VG
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Place/Date:
Cologne / 1617
Size:
18.5 x 12.5 inches
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VG+
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Place/Date:
Cologne / 1617
Size:
18.5 x 12.5 inches
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VG+
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Place/Date:
Cologne / 1617
Size:
15.5 x 11.5 inches
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VG
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Place/Date:
Cologne / 1617
Size:
18.5 x 12.5 inches
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VG
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Place/Date:
Cologne / 1617
Size:
19.5 x 12.5 inches
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Place/Date:
Cologne / 1612
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19.5 x 13.5 inches
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VG
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Place/Date:
Cologne / 1612
Size:
19 x 13.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
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Place/Date:
Cologne / 1600 circa
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VG+
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Place/Date:
Cologne / 1600 circa
Size:
19.5 x 15 inches
Condition:
Good
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Place/Date:
Cologne / 1600 circa
Size:
20 x 14.5 inches
Condition:
VG
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Place/Date:
Cologne / 1599
Size:
18 x 12.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
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96859
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1599
Size:
20 x 13 inches
Condition:
VG+
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96860
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1599
Size:
19 x 13 inches
Condition:
VG+
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96862
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1599
Size:
18.75 x 12.75 inches
Condition:
VG+
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96864
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1599
Size:
18.7 x 14.6 inches
Condition:
VG+
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96865
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1599
Size:
16.3 x 14.2 inches
Condition:
VG+
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96866
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1599
Size:
17.5 x 13.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
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96875
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1599
Size:
19.5 x 14.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
96904
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1599
Size:
18 x 13 inches
Condition:
VG+
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96907
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1599
Size:
19 x 13 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
96916
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1599
Size:
19 x 13.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
96917
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1599
Size:
19 x 13 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
96927
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1598
Size:
20 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
41349mp2
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1598
Size:
18 x 11 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
78639
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1597
Size:
19.5 x 14.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
36300