Dancker Danckerts
Dancker Danckerts (baptized 5 February 1634 in Amsterdam – buried 8 December 1666 in Amsterdam) was a well known Dutch engraver and publisher. Danckerts was the son of:nl:Cornelis Danckerts of Amsterdam and Anne Minne of Leiden. The Danckerts belonged to a large Amsterdam family of engravers, cartographers, print-sellers and publishers.
Also recorded as Danker Danckerts · Dancker Danckertsen · Dancker Danckertsz.
Dancker Danckerts
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- Born
- 1633 · Amsterdam.
- Died
- 1666 · Amsterdam.
- Nationality
- Netherlands
- Occupation
- printmaker · publisher · bookseller · etcher · mapseller · engraver
- Languages
- Dutch
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Danckerts was known for both his etchings of paintings, maps and his publications. His works are widely collected and feature in numerous museum, library and archive collections around the world. Dancker Danckerts was active in Amsterdam from 1654 to 1666 with a probable passage to Venice in 1656 according to the inscription on a drawing in Parma.
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Dancker Danckerts (1633 – 8 December 1666) was a copperplate engraver, publisher, bookseller, art dealer, cartographer, etcher, draughtsman and printmaker. The birth of Dancker Danckerts is recorded in 1633, and the death on 8 December 1666. Amsterdam is recorded as a place of activity by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.
The recorded working language is Dutch. Places of work recorded in the authority are Amsterdam, Prague and Venice. Employment is recorded with Publisher Danckerts. Work by Dancker Danckerts is recorded in the collections of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Finnish National Gallery, Nationalmuseum, Musea Brugge and Het Scheepvaartmuseum.
Dancker Danckerts is recorded as printmaker, publisher, bookseller, etcher and mapseller.
L'homme avec le chien marche sur le pont, un cavalier passe et un berger avec son troupeau de vaches qui boit dans le ruisseau. gravure de Dancker Danckerts d'après une peinture: de Nicolas Berchem.
Dancker Danckerts · site de Rijksmuseum.nl ː
Section de la façade de l'hôtel de ville d'Amsterdam avec un aperçu des espaces derrière la façade. gravure de Dancker Danckerts et Cornelis Danckerts (I) sur une idée de Jacob Vennekool, dessiné par Jacob van Campen et édité par Dancker Danckerts.
Dancker Danckerts · site de Rijksmuseum.nl ː
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Life and career
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1633
Dancker Danckerts born at Amsterdam.
1666
Dancker Danckerts died at Amsterdam.
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The authorities additionally record the headings Danker Danckerts, Dancker Danckertsen and Dancker Danckertsz. His recorded language was Dutch. He was the child of Cornelis Danckerts.
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Work by Dancker Danckerts is
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Finnish National Gallery, Nationalmuseum and Musea Brugge
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 16 August 2026.
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