Jan van Broeckhoven, Hendrick Goltzius, 1579
Hendrick Goltzius, portraitHendrick GoltziusDutch, 1558–1617

Jan van Broeckhoven

1579 · Engraving

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Not on view at present

Where is “Jan van Broeckhoven” now? Collection: SMK — National Gallery of Denmark, Copenhagen. Not on view at present. Checked September 29, 2026.

It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.

Checked
In this state since
Source
The museum

Particulars

Accession number
KKSgb20001

In the catalog

Sources

  • SMK
  • Image: SMK — National Gallery of Denmark — public domain

Meanwhile, in the life of Hendrick Goltzius

The whole life
  1. 1577

    Move to Haarlem

    He followed Coornhert to Haarlem, where he remained for the rest of his life. There the publisher Philips Galle hired him to engrave a series of prints on the story of Lucretia; in the following years Goltzius engraved after the designs of other artists for Coornhert and for Antwerp publishers.

  2. 1577

    Teacher: Dirck Volckertszoon Coornhert

  3. 1579

    Marriage to a wealthy widow

    At 21 he married a wealthy widow considerably older than himself. The "unequal marriage" gave him economic independence: he bought a house, opened his own engraving workshop, and two years later took on two apprentices.

  4. 1579–1587

    Pupil: Jan Saenredam

  5. 1580

    Beginning of his own publishing activity

    He apparently began publishing prints on his own.

  6. late 1580s

    Depression and consumption

    From the late 1580s he suffered from depression and consumption; his family life was unhappy.

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