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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:
Frankfurt / 1576 circa
Size:
19.5 x 13.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
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Place/Date:
Cologne / 1575 circa
Size:
19.5 x 14 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
48717
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1575
Size:
14 x 12.5 inches
Condition:
VG
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56087mp2
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1575 circa
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17.5 x 13.5 inches
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VG
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Place/Date:
Cologne / 1575 circa
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19 x 12.5 inches
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VG
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Place/Date:
Cologne / 1575 circa
Size:
19 x 14.5 inches
Condition:
VG
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Place/Date:
Cologne / 1575 circa
Size:
16.25 x 13.75 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
89300
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1575 circa
Size:
16.5 x 13 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
89304
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1575
Size:
19 x 13 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
95275
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1575
Size:
19.25 x 12 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
96357
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1575
Size:
19.5 x 14 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
98268
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1572
Size:
19 x 13 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
57410
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1572
Size:
18.5 x 12.5 inches
Condition:
VG
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64453
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1572 circa
Size:
20 x 13 inches
Condition:
VG
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67968
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1572
Size:
18 x 7.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
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82508
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1572
Size:
9.5 x 10.5 inches
Condition:
Good
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Place/Date:
Cologne / 1572
Size:
19.5 x 14 inches
Condition:
VG
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Place/Date:
Cologne / 1572
Size:
19 x 13 inches
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VG
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Place/Date:
Cologne / 1572
Size:
19 x 13 inches
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VG+
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Place/Date:
Cologne / 1572 circa
Size:
19 x 6 inches
Condition:
Good
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91576
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1572 (1593)
Size:
19 x 14 inches
Condition:
VG+
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95274
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1572
Size:
19 x 13.5 inches
Condition:
VG
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96137
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1572 (1599)
Size:
18.5 x 13 inches
Condition:
Good
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98992
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1572 (1599)
Size:
19 x 13.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
98995

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Place/Date:
Cologne / 1588 circa
Size:
17 x 12 inches
Condition:
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Cologne / 1588
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17 x 11 inches
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VG
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Place/Date:
Cologne / 1588
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18 x 15 inches
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VG
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Place/Date:
Cologne / 1588
Size:
14 x 12.5 inches
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VG+
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Cologne / 1588
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14 x 12.5 inches
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Cologne / 1588
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14 x 12.5 inches
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Place/Date:
Cologne / 1588
Size:
19 x 13 inches
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VG
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Place/Date:
Cologne / 1588 circa
Size:
17 x 12 inches
Condition:
VG+
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Place/Date:
Cologne / 1588
Size:
18.5 x 13 inches
Condition:
VG
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44280
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1588 circa
Size:
12 x 16.5 inches
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VG+
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Place/Date:
Cologne / 1588
Size:
14 x 12.5 inches
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VG
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Place/Date:
Cologne / 1588
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19 x 13 inches
Condition:
VG
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Place/Date:
Cologne / 1588
Size:
18.5 x 7.5 inches
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Place/Date:
Cologne / 1588 circa
Size:
17.8 x 13.5 inches
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Place/Date:
Cologne / 1588
Size:
19 x 13 inches
Condition:
VG
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Cologne / 1588
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Cologne / 1588 circa
Size:
17 x 11.5 inches
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VG
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Cologne / 1588 circa
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19.5 x 11.5 inches
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Cologne / 1588
Size:
17 x 11.5 inches
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Cologne / 1588
Size:
17.8 x 13.5 inches
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VG
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Place/Date:
Cologne / 1588 circa
Size:
14 x 12.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
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Place/Date:
Cologne / 1587 circa
Size:
19.5 x 14.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
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Place/Date:
Cologne / 1586 circa
Size:
19 x 12 inches
Condition:
VG
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67630
Place/Date:
Antwerp / 1583 (1605)
Size:
11 x 8 inches
Condition:
VG+
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31776
Place/Date:
n.p. (Cologne) / 1583
Size:
20 x 14 inches
Condition:
VG+
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Place/Date:
Cologne / 1582
Size:
15 x 12.5 inches
Condition:
VG
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Place/Date:
Cologne / 1582
Size:
15 x 12.5 inches
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VG
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