Justus Danckerts

Justus Danckerts was a Dutch publisher, bookseller, engraver, draftsperson and printmaker (1635–1701). He was born at Amsterdam.

Also recorded as J. Danckerts; Justus Danckerts I.

Justus Danckerts in brief

Born
1635
Died
1701
Known for
publisher, bookseller, engraver, draftsperson and printmaker
Place of birth
Amsterdam
Contents

Identity and origins

The authorities additionally record the headings J. Danckerts and Justus Danckerts I. His recorded languages were Dutch and Latin.

He was the child of Cornelis Danckerts. One child is recorded: Cornelis Danckerts.

Recognition and collections

Work by Justus Danckerts is held by Stadsarchief Rotterdam, CODA Museum, National Museum Paleis het Loo and Print Collection.

Catalogued works

6 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1650 to 1690.

Americae Septentrionalio, dated 1690, held by Q214867, inventory 1949.1.60. Novae Florum Icones, dated 1650–1700, engraving, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 28.44.73-.85. Novi Belgii Novaeque Angliae Nec Non Pennsylvaniae et Partis Virginiae Tabula multis in locis emendata [Map of New Netherlands, New England, Pennsylvania and part of Virginia], dated ca. 1684, hand-colored etching and engraving; second state, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 54.90.1710. Six peasants carousing in a barn as a seventh man vomits in the corner. Etching by J. de Visscher, 17th century, after J. Danckerts., held by Wellcome Collection. A rat-catcher in Haarlem with a rat running across his cape, holds out rat poison in his left hand; to the left a boy assistant carries a cage on a long stick with rats in it and hanging off it. Engraving after C. Visscher., held by Wellcome Collection. Pinax microcosmographicus, in quo certissimum anatomiae compendium variis aere incisis visionibus proponitur. In usum medicorum, chirurgorum, ac pharmacopaeorum / Nunc in nostram linguam translatus, et in lucem missus, a Justo Gratiano., dated 1667, held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 4 named public collections.

Q214867: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Prints in the National Gallery of Art: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. The Metropolitan Museum of Art: 19 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 3 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

5 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Danckerts, Justus, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011. Danckerts, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011. Danckerts, Theodorus, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011. Danckerts, Cornelis I., Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011. Danckerts, Hendrick, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011.

Naming and authority record

This heading is established in Gemeinsame Normdatei (GND) (1138035114). Those registers additionally record the forms Danckerts, Justus (Firma), Justus Danckers (Firma), Officina Iusti Danckers (Firma), Danckers, Justus (Firma) and Officina Justi Danckers (Firma).

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 6 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 5 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 5 means 5 genuinely separate publishers of record. 14 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

the recorded working language is Dutch and Latin.

Places of work recorded in the authority are Amsterdam. Employment is recorded with Publisher Danckerts.

Work by Justus Danckerts is recorded in the collections of Stadsarchief Rotterdam, CODA Museum, National Museum Paleis het Loo, Print Collection and Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen.

Chronology

  1. 1635Justus Danckerts born at Amsterdam.
  2. 1650Novae Florum Icones (The Metropolitan Museum of Art).
  3. 1667Pinax microcosmographicus, in quo certissimum anatomiae compendium variis aere incisis visionibus proponitur. In usum medicorum, chirurgorum, ac pharmacopaeorum / Nunc in nostram linguam translatus, et in lucem missus, a Justo Gratiano. (Wellcome Collection).
  4. 1684Novi Belgii Novaeque Angliae Nec Non Pennsylvaniae et Partis Virginiae Tabula multis in locis emendata [Map of New Netherlands, New England, Pennsylvania and part of Virginia] (The Metropolitan Museum of Art).
  5. 1690Americae Septentrionalio (Q214867).
  6. 1701Justus Danckerts died at Amsterdam.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    Danckerts, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    Danckerts, Cornelis I., Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  3. 3.

    Danckerts, Hendrick, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  4. 4.

    Danckerts, Justus, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  5. 5.

    Danckerts, Theodorus, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  6. 6.

    Gemeinsame Normdatei 1138035114, Justus Danckerts (Firma).

    authority file · Unverified · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek

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  7. 7.

    The Metropolitan Museum of Art, collection records associated with Justus Danckerts (19 objects).

    museum collection · Unverified · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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  8. 8.

    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 3 works naming Justus Danckerts.

    museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection

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  9. 9.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q6318545: Justus Danckerts

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation

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  10. 10.

    “Justus Danckerts”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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