Although the majority of the prints published by Gerard de Jode in his famous Thesaurus of 1579 and 1585 have already been incorporated in previous New Hollstein volumes, a considerable amount of his stock, including previously undescribed prints, remain to be compiled.
The publication of the entire fund of a publishing firm is a novelty for New Hollstein but can be justified for the wealth of information expected to come to the fore.
Pieter de Jode I was trained by his father but also worked briefly in the workshop of Hendrick Goltzius in Haarlem. Interesting is his stay in Italy where he worked in Siena, Venice and Rome as an engraver for Italian publishers. After 1600 he published and engraved his own designs as well as prints from the Rubens circle and after Italian masters.
Pieter de Jode II engraved and published mostly portraits in several large series but also a number of designs by his famous contemporaries Rubens, Van Dyck and Jordaens. His son Arnold made a modest number of prints, mostly, during the last years of his life, while working from London. Compiler: Marjolein Leesberg Editor: Huigen Leeflang Expected in 2015
