Hendrik Bary
Illustration — Desiderius Erasmus, engraved portrait by Bary, 1671 Hendrik Bary (c. 1632 – 16 February 1707) was a Dutch engraver. Bary was born and died in Gouda.
Also recorded as Hendrick Barry · Hendrik Barry · Hendrick Bary · H. Barij
Hendrik Bary
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- Born
- 1632 · Gouda.
- Died
- 1707 · Gouda.
- Nationality
- Dutch Republic
- Occupation
- printmaker · copper engraver
- Fields
- portrait
- Languages
- Dutch
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He appears from his style to have been either a scholar of Cornelis Visscher, or to have formed himself from his manner. We have several plates by him of portraits and various subjects, executed very neatly with the graver, which have great merit, although they are by no means equal to the works of Visscher. He generally marked his plates with his name, H. Bary, and sometimes H. By him we have the following:
The recorded working language is Dutch. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait. Places of work recorded in the authority are The Hague and Gouda. Work by Hendrik Bary is recorded in the collections of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Design Museum Gent, Stadsarchief Rotterdam, Museum Slot Loevestein and Museum De Lakenhal.
• Illustration — Joost van den Vondel, portrait by Bary, 1682. • Dirk and Walther Crabeth, glass-painters. • Adriaan Heerebord. 1659. • Hieronimus van Bivernink. • Desiderius Erasmus, of Rotterdam. (pictured) • Willem Joseph Baron of Ghent, admiral of Holland. • Rombout Hagerbeets. • Annius Manlius Torquatus Severinus Boethius. • Jacobus Taurinus. • Count Johann Waldstein. • La Duchesse de la Vallière. • Hugo Grotius; after Mirevelt. • Cornelis Ketel, painter; se ipse pinx. 1659. • Jacob Backer, painter; G. Terborch pinx.; oval. • John Schellhammer, pastor; Escopius del. • John Zas, pastor; Chr. Pierson pinx. • Jacob Batiliere, predicant; Westerbaem pinx. • Arnold Gesteramus, predicant; Westerbaem pinx. • Michael Ruyter, admiral; after F. Bol. • Admiral Vlugh; after B. van der Helst. • Leo Aitzema, historian; after Jan de Baan. • George de Mey, theologian; after C. van Diemen.
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Hendrik Bary, an artist, “Holzhändler” and copperplate engraver, was born in 1640 in Gouda, Netherlands and died in 1707. Both events are recorded by the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.
Subjects after various masters, and after his designs
Subjects after various masters, and after his designs
• Neptune, emblematical. • Allegorical title for the work of Leo van Aitzema. • A Mother suckling her Child. • Two Drolleries; after Brouwer; H. Bary fec., without the name of the painter. • A Peasant Family; after Pieter Aertsen. • Summer and Autumn, in one plate, represented by two Children, one holding a handful of Corn; after van Dyck. • A young Woman leaning on a Table sleeping, and a young Man laughing; after the same. • A young Lady sitting at a Table, with a Hat and Feathers; after Terborgh,
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