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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:
Cologne / 1581
Size:
18 x 13 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
103891
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1572
Size:
14.5 x 18.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
103890
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1613 circa
Size:
21 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
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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:
Frankfurt / 1581
Size:
19.5 x 14.5 inches
Condition:
Good
Stock#:
101391
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1580
Size:
17.5 x 13.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
94431
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1572
Size:
18.5 x 12.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
64453
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1588 circa
Size:
20.5 x 14 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
85801
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1600 circa
Size:
19.5 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
79538
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1599
Size:
19 x 10 inches
Condition:
VG+
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96905
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1599
Size:
19 x 13 inches
Condition:
VG+
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96923
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1599
Size:
17 x 13 inches
Condition:
VG+
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96876
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1599
Size:
19 x 13 inches
Condition:
VG
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96912
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1599
Size:
19 x 13.5 inches
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VG+
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96922
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1600 circa
Size:
17.5 x 12.5 inches
Condition:
VG
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Cologne / 1593
Size:
19.5 x 13 inches
Condition:
VG
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Cologne / 1572 (1599)
Size:
18.5 x 13 inches
Condition:
Good
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98992
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1572
Size:
9.5 x 10.5 inches
Condition:
Good
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84838
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1572 (1599)
Size:
19 x 13.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
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98995
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1599
Size:
16.5 x 11.5 inches
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VG
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96877
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1599
Size:
19 x 13 inches
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VG+
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96909
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1593 circa
Size:
19 x 14 inches
Condition:
VG
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78498
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Cologne / 1599
Size:
19 x 13.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
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96920
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1597 circa
Size:
31 x 18 inches
Condition:
VG
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96852
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1575 circa
Size:
19 x 14.5 inches
Condition:
VG
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79328
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1593
Size:
14.5 x 14.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
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Place/Date:
Cologne / 1599
Size:
20 x 14.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
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90839
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1599
Size:
19 x 13.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
96914

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Cologne / 1599
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Cologne / 1599
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Condition:
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Cologne / 1578 circa
Size:
19 x 13 inches
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98993
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Cologne / 1599
Size:
18 x 12.5 inches
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Cologne / 1599
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Cologne / 1599
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Cologne / 1599
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19 x 13 inches
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Cologne / 1599
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Cologne / 1596 circa
Size:
20 x 15 inches
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Cologne / 1599
Size:
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Cologne / 1599
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20 x 13 inches
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Cologne / 1596 circa
Size:
31 x 18 inches
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VG
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Cologne / 1612
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19 x 13.5 inches
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Cologne / 1599
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19 x 13.5 inches
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Cologne / 1572
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19 x 13 inches
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VG
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Cologne / 1599
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Cologne / 1575
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19 x 14 inches
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Cologne / 1575
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19 x 13 inches
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Cologne / 1572
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Cologne / 1599
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19 x 13 inches
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Cologne / 1572 (1577)
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19 x 13.5 inches
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VG
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Cologne / 1572 circa
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Cologne / 1572 circa
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Cologne / 1617
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VG
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Frankfurt / 1572 circa
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19 x 13.5 inches
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Cologne / 1572 circa
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18.75 x 4.75 inches
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Cologne / 1596 circa
Size:
19.5 x 14.5 inches
Condition:
VG
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Place/Date:
Cologne / 1572
Size:
19 x 13.5 inches
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VG
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91097
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/ 1618 circa
Size:
20 x 11 inches
Condition:
VG+
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91093
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Cologne / 1572 circa
Size:
19 x 13.5 inches
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VG+
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86103
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Cologne / 1572
Size:
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Condition:
VG+
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90176
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1575
Size:
19.5 x 14 inches
Condition:
VG
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89286
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1572 circa
Size:
14.5 x 14.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
89290
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1588 circa
Size:
14 x 12.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
89651