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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 / 1583 (1605)
Size:
11 x 8 inches
Condition:
VG
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32544
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Cologne / 1594
Size:
19.5 x 14 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
29576
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1588 circa
Size:
19 x 13 inches
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VG
Stock#:
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Place/Date:
Cologne / 1597
Size:
19.5 x 14.5 inches
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VG+
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Cologne / 1581
Size:
13 x 15.5 inches
Condition:
VG
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44358
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1575 circa
Size:
19.5 x 14 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
48717
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1580 circa
Size:
18 x 13.5 inches
Condition:
VG
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51276mp2
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1582
Size:
19 x 12.5 inches
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VG
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51167mp2
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1581
Size:
13.5 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
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50863mp2
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1581
Size:
12.5 x 17 inches
Condition:
VG-
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54748mp2
Place/Date:
Frankfurt / 1595 circa
Size:
19 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG+
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57541
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1613 circa
Size:
21 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG
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55156mp2
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1590
Size:
19.5 x 14.5 inches
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VG
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Place/Date:
Frankfurt / 1581 circa
Size:
18.5 x 13.5 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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Cologne / 1575
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14 x 12.5 inches
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VG
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Cologne / 1575 circa
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17.5 x 13.5 inches
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VG
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Cologne / 1575 circa
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19 x 12.5 inches
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VG
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Cologne / 1572
Size:
18.5 x 12.5 inches
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VG
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Place/Date:
Cologne / 1572 circa
Size:
20 x 13 inches
Condition:
VG
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Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1644 circa
Size:
19.5 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
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Cologne / 1617 circa
Size:
20 x 14.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
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Cologne / 1617
Size:
17.5 x 13 inches
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VG
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Cologne / 1593
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18 x 12.5 inches
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VG
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Cologne / 1593
Size:
19 x 13.5 inches
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VG+
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Cologne / 1593
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18.5 x 15 inches
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Cologne / 1593 circa
Size:
19.5 x 14 inches
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VG+
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Cologne / 1589
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19 x 13.5 inches
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Cologne / 1590
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13 x 9 inches
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Cologne / 1588 circa
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12 x 16.5 inches
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Cologne / 1576
Size:
18.5 x 14 inches
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VG
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Cologne / 1625
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11 x 8.5 inches
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VG
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n.p. (Cologne) / 1583
Size:
20 x 14 inches
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Antwerp / 1583 (1605)
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11 x 8 inches
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Cologne / 1575
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19.5 x 14 inches
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VG
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Cologne / 1572
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19 x 13 inches
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VG
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Cologne / 1588
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17 x 11 inches
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Cologne / 1581
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17.5 x 13.5 inches
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Cologne / 1572
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Cologne / 1588
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18.5 x 7.5 inches
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Cologne / 1572
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19 x 13 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 / 1577
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17 x 11 inches
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Cologne / 1580
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19.5 x 13.5 inches
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VG
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Cologne / 1572
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19 x 13 inches
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Cologne / 1588
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18 x 15 inches
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VG
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Cologne / 1580
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VG
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Cologne / 1575
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18 x 13 inches
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Cologne / 1588
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Cologne / 1588
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Cologne / 1572
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19 x 13.5 inches
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Cologne / 1588
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Cologne / 1575
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14 x 9 inches
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Cologne / 1588
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17 x 11 inches
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Cologne / 1590
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19.5 x 14.5 inches
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VG
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Cologne / 1588
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18.5 x 13.5 inches
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9046
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Cologne / 1588
Size:
14 x 12.5 inches
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VG+
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9047
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Cologne / 1617
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18 x 14 inches
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VG+
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9051
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Cologne / 1588 (1590)
Size:
29 x 19 inches
Condition:
VG+
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Cologne / 1578
Size:
19 x 13 inches
Condition:
VG
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Cologne / 1575
Size:
19.5 x 14 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
16458
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1575
Size:
18 x 13 inches
Condition:
VG
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16334
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Cologne / 1590 circa
Size:
19 x 14 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
17232
Place/Date:
Frankfurt / 1588
Size:
13.25 x 8.75 inches
Condition:
VG
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17268
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1572
Size:
19 x 13.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
17391
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1575
Size:
20 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
17679