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| Jacques de Gheyn II Venus and Cupid ca. 1605-1610 oil on panel Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Jacques de Gheyn II St John the Baptist Preaching before 1629 oil on panel Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna |
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| Jacques de Gheyn II Young Woman mourning a Dove, a Partridge and a Kingfisher ca. 1620 oil on panel Nationalmuseum, Stockholm |
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| Jacques de Gheyn II Two Witches with a Cat before 1629 drawing Hermitage, Saint Petersburg |
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| Jacques de Gheyn II Witches' Sabbath before 1629 drawing Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Jacques de Gheyn II Bacchus and Ceres before 1629 drawing National Gallery of Art, Washington DC |
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| Jacques de Gheyn II Studies of Hands and Figures 1604 drawing Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Jacques de Gheyn II Landscape with Steep Rock Formations along a River 1603 drawing Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Jacques de Gheyn II after Dirck Barendsz Diana and Actaeon ca. 1590 engraving Philadelphia Museum of Art |
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| Jacques de Gheyn II after Willem van Tetrode Neptune's Kingdom (interior of metalwork bowl) 1587 engraving British Museum |
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| workshop of Jacques de Gheyn II Dancing Masqueraders 1595-96 engraving Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Jacques de Gheyn II after Karel van Mander The Four Elements - Earth ca. 1588-92 engraving Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Jacques de Gheyn II after Karel van Mander The Four Elements - Air ca. 1588-92 engraving Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Jacques de Gheyn II after Karel van Mander The Four Elements - Fire ca. 1588-92 engraving Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Jacques de Gheyn II after Karel van Mander The Four Elements - Water ca. 1588-92 engraving Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
"Born in Antwerp, Jacques de Gheyn II (1565-1629) was a draughtsman, engraver and painter. Originally taught by his father, in 1585 he was apprenticed to Hendrick Goltzius in Haarlem. De Gheyn's work marks the transition from late 16th-century Mannerism to the more naturalistic style of the early 17th century. From 1596 to 1602, De Gheyn lived in Leiden, where he worked with the humanist Hugo de Groot (Grotius). The latter supplied texts for De Gheyn's engravings. In 1605 he moved to The Hague, where he remained for the rest of his life. An admirer of his work was Stadholder Prince Maurice, who commissioned numerous works. De Gheyn also worked for the prince's successor Frederick Henry."
– biographical sketch from the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam