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| published by Hieronymus Cock after design by Hans Vredeman de Vries Perspective view of Street in Antwerp ca. 1560 etching British Museum |
In 1548 Hieronymus Cock (1518-1570) founded a publishing business and print shop in Antwerp called the House of the Four Winds. In the etching above, the shop is on the corner at right (with a man standing on one of the doorways). In 1548 Hieronymus Cock had just spent two years in Rome absorbing dominant artistic fashions and the masterpieces of the past. He published some of the earliest printed images of the recovered antique sculptures attracting so much attention in Rome, and consequently in Europe. His role as a promulgator of visual styles and fashions is demonstrated below, with a range of the work he either sold on the open market or was commissioned to do for patrons.
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| published by Hieronymus Cock after design by Hans Vredeman de Vries Interior with buffet, canopy bed, and wall fountain ca. 1560 etching British Museum |
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| published by Hieronymus Cock after design by Johannes and Lucas van Doetecum Vanitas, or, Memento Mori (with sleeping putto) ca. 1550-70 engraving British Museum |
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| published by Hieronymus Cock after design by Frans Floris Hercules supporting the World while Atlas repairs it 1563 engraving British Museum |
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| published by Hieronymus Cock after design by Cornelis Floris Design for Tomb with Effigy of Knight in Armor 1557 etching British Museum |
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| published by Hieronymus Cock after design by Cornelis Floris Design for Funerary Monument with Sarcophagus in Niche 1557 etching British Museum |
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| published by Hieronymus Cock after design by Frans Floris Pastoral Nymphs and Goddesses - Ceres 1564 engraving British Museum |
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| published by Hieronymus Cock after design by Frans Floris Pastoral Nymphs and Goddesses - Daphne 1564 engraving British Museum |
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| published by Hieronymus Cock after design by Frans Floris Pastoral Nymphs and Goddesses - Nias 1564 engraving British Museum |
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| published by Hieronymus Cock after design by Frans Floris Pastoral Nymphs and Goddesses - Napaea 1564 engraving British Museum |
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| published by Hieronymus Cock after design by Frans Floris Pastoral Nymphs and Goddesses - Dryad 1546 engraving British Museum |
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| published by Hieronymus Cock after design by Maarten van Heemskerck I am the Way, the Truth, and the Light Christ as antique statue 1556 engraving British Museum |
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| published by Hieronymus Cock after design by Maarten van Heemskerck Pope Clement VII besieged in Castel Sant'Angelo by Emperor Charles V (1527) from The Victories of Emperor Charles V 1556 etching, engraving British Museum |
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| published by Hieronymus Cock after design by Maarten van Heemskerck Emperor Charles V amidst his Vanquished Adversaries (Pope Clement VII is second from left) from The Victories of Emperor Charles V 1556 etching, engraving British Museum |
I am grateful to the British Museum for making these images available.