Nicolaas de bruin biography of abraham
De Bruyn was the son of the sugar manufacturer Jan de Bruyn and nephew of the engraver Abraham de Bruyn..
Print made by: Nicolaas de Bruyn: After: Abraham Bloemaert.Abraham de Bruyn
Flemish engraver
Abraham de Bruyn (c. , Antwerp – , Cologne?)[1] was a Flemish engraver. He established himself at Cologne about the year He is ranked among the Little Masters, on account of his plates being usually very small.
He engraved in the manner of Wierix, and worked entirely with the graver, in a neat and formal style, but his drawing is far from correct.
Biography: Engraver and publisher.
It is believed that he worked also as a goldsmith. Among his portraits, and prints of small friezes of hunting, hawking, &c., which are esteemed for their neatness, may be mentioned:
Portraits
- Philip Louis, Elector Palatine.
- Anne, his consort.
- Albert Frederick, Duke of Prussia.
- Eleonora, his Duchess.
- William, Duke of Juliers.
- Mary, his Duchess.
- John Sambucus, physician; a woodcut.
- Charles IX, King of France.
- Anna, daughter of the Emperor Charles V.
Various subjects
- Moses and the Burning Bush.
- Four plates of the Evangelists.
- Christ and