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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 / 1583 (1605)
Size:
11 x 8 inches
Condition:
VG
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32544
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1572 circa
Size:
19 x 6 inches
Condition:
Good
Stock#:
91576
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1575 circa
Size:
19 x 12.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
58587mp2
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1581
Size:
12.5 x 17 inches
Condition:
VG-
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54748mp2
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1588 circa
Size:
14.75 x 13.25 inches
Condition:
VG+
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96139
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1612
Size:
12.75 x 13.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
96140
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1588 circa
Size:
19 x 13 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
42007mp2
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1597
Size:
19.5 x 14.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
45382
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1580 circa
Size:
18 x 13.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
51276mp2
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1581
Size:
13.5 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
50863mp2
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1575 circa
Size:
17.5 x 13.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
57196mp2
Place/Date:
Frankfurt / 1581 circa
Size:
18.5 x 13.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
55672mp2
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1644 circa
Size:
19.5 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
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Place/Date:
Cologne / 1593
Size:
14 x 12.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
77250
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1600 circa
Size:
19.5 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
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79538
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1572 (1599)
Size:
19 x 13.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
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98995
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Cologne / 1582
Size:
19 x 12.5 inches
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VG
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51167mp2
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1590
Size:
19.5 x 14.5 inches
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VG
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Place/Date:
Cologne / 1575
Size:
14 x 12.5 inches
Condition:
VG
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56087mp2
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1593
Size:
18.5 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG+
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76875
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1593
Size:
19.5 x 14 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
77416
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1575 circa
Size:
16.25 x 13.75 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
89300
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1596 circa
Size:
18.75 x 14 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
96138
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1581
Size:
13 x 15.5 inches
Condition:
VG
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44358
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1613 circa
Size:
21 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG
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55156mp2
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1593 circa
Size:
19.5 x 14 inches
Condition:
VG+
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Place/Date:
Cologne / 1593
Size:
17.25 x 12.25 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
77625
Place/Date:
Frankfurt / 1588 circa
Size:
15.5 x 12.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
78501
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1572
Size:
19.5 x 14 inches
Condition:
VG
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89292
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1572 (1599)
Size:
18.5 x 13 inches
Condition:
Good
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98992
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1593
Size:
19 x 13.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
77027
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1593 circa
Size:
18 x 13.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
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77312
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1593
Size:
14 x 12.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
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Place/Date:
Cologne / 1593 circa
Size:
19 x 14 inches
Condition:
VG
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13810
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Antwerp / 1583 (1605)
Size:
11 x 8 inches
Condition:
VG+
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31776
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Cologne / 1572 circa
Size:
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
40187
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1572
Size:
19 x 13.5 inches
Condition:
VG-
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44377
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1572 circa
Size:
18.5 x 4.5 inches
Condition:
VG
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40177
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1572 circa
Size:
18.75 x 4.75 inches
Condition:
Good
Stock#:
91578
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1612
Size:
19.5 x 13.5 inches
Condition:
VG
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40489
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1572 circa
Size:
9 x 4 inches
Condition:
VG
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40183
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Cologne / 1572
Size:
19 x 13.5 inches
Condition:
VG
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Cologne / 1575 circa
Size:
19 x 12.5 inches
Condition:
VG
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31497
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1575
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19 x 12.5 inches
Condition:
VG
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55978mp2
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Cologne / 1576 circa
Size:
20.5 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG
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58510mp2
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1572
Size:
19 x 14 inches
Condition:
Good
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58529mp2
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1575
Size:
19 x 10 inches
Condition:
VG
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40286
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1572
Size:
19 x 13.5 inches
Condition:
VG
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31619
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1580 circa
Size:
18 x 14 inches
Condition:
VG
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22979
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1597
Size:
19.5 x 14.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
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36300
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1581
Size:
18 x 13 inches
Condition:
VG
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40733
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1576
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20.5 x 16 inches
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VG
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Place/Date:
Cologne / 1575 circa
Size:
Condition:
Good
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Place/Date:
Cologne / 1581
Size:
18 x 13 inches
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VG
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55131mp2
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1581 circa
Size:
16 x 13.5 inches
Condition:
VG
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56211mp2
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1572
Size:
19 x 13.5 inches
Condition:
VG
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56230mp2
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1581
Size:
18 x 13.7 inches
Condition:
VG
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55736mp2
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1572
Size:
15 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
22539
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1575
Size:
18.5 x 13.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
30309ts
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1700
Size:
21 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
40847
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1572
Size:
19 x 13.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
42020mp2
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1575
Size:
19.5 x 14 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
47066
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1581
Size:
13.5 x 16.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
50777mp2
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1581 circa
Size:
18.5 x 12.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
56386mp2
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1588
Size:
14 x 12.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
9047
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1576
Size:
20.5 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
29545
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1572 circa
Size:
14 x 9.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
34880
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1590
Size:
16.25 x 12.75 inches
Condition:
VG-
Stock#:
36719
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1572
Size:
19 x 13.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
40278
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1575
Size:
14 x 12.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
41558mp2
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1575
Size:
19 x 11.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
41604mp2
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1572
Size:
17 x 12.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
41905mp2
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1581 circa
Size:
16.5 x 11.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
44370
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1580 circa
Size:
16.5 x 20.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
45269