Justus Danckerts
Illustration — The main Danube Principalities: Bulgaria, Greece, Anatolia, and Italy, map now at the Romanian National Museum of Maps and Old Books. Danckerts I (11 November 1635 in Amsterdam – 16 July 1701 in Amsterdam) was a Dutch engraver and print publisher who along with other members of the Danckerts family created one of the leading Dutch geographical map and atlas publishing houses.
Also recorded as J. Danckerts · Justus Danckerts I
Justus Danckerts
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- Born
- 1635 · Amsterdam.
- Died
- 1701 · Amsterdam.
- Nationality
- Netherlands
- Occupation
- publisher · bookseller · engraver · draftsperson · printmaker
- Languages
- Dutch · Latin
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Illustration — The main Danube Principalities: Bulgaria, Greece, Anatolia, and Italy, map now at the Romanian National Museum of Maps and Old Books. Danckerts I (11 November 1635 in Amsterdam – 16 July 1701 in Amsterdam) was a Dutch engraver and print publisher who along with other members of the Danckerts family created one of the leading Dutch geographical map and atlas publishing houses.
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Biography
Biography
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.
Justus Danckerts was the son of Cornelis Danckerts I (1603–1656), who established the Danckerts cartographic family business in Amsterdam. After producing in the early 1680s over 20 folio-sized atlas maps, he published in 1686–1887 the first Danckerts atlas. In 1690, another 26-sheet geographical atlas was published; between 1698 and 1700, a 60-sheet atlas was completed. Its map sheets and plates were used by various publishers until the middle of the 18th century.
Family
Family
His sons, Theodorus Danckerts I (1663–1727) and Cornelis Danckerts II (1664–1717) were prominent engravers and print makers, skillful in map plate engraving and etching.
Works
Works
• Nova totus terrarum orbis tabula ex officina Iusti Danckerts, Amsterdam. 1680. • Accuratissima Regnorum Sueciae, Daniae et Norvegiae Tabula. Danckerts, Amsterdam ca. 1700. digital • Accuratissima Totius Regni Hispaniae Tabula. Danckerts, Amsterdam ca. 1700. digital • Novissima et accuratissima XVII provinciarum Germaniæ inferioris tabula. Danckerts, Amsterdam ca. 1700. digital • Novissima Regnorum Portugalliae et Algarbia Descriptio. Danckerts, Amsterdam ca. 1700. digital
Identity and origins
Identity and origins
The authorities additionally record the headings J. His recorded languages were Dutch and Latin. He was the child of Cornelis Danckerts. One child is recorded: Cornelis Danckerts.
Identity
Identity
Justus Danckerts is recorded as publisher, bookseller, engraver, draftsperson and printmaker.
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Pendant portraits of his father, the painter Cornelis Dankers de Ry, and his mother by Peter Danckerts de Rij.
Peter Danckerts de Rij · Pieter Danckerts de Rij in the Netherlands institute for Art History
Life and career
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Life and career
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1635
Justus Danckerts born at Amsterdam.
1701
Justus Danckerts died at Amsterdam.
Plates
• William III., Prince of Orange; afterwards King of England. • Casimir, King of Poland. • Seven plates of the Gates of Amsterdam.
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q6318545: Justus Danckerts
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- “Justus Danckerts”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 1138035114, Justus Danckerts (Firma).
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 1138035114, Justus Danckerts (Firma).Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q6318545: Justus DanckertsWikimedia Foundation
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Those registers additionally record the forms Danckerts, Justus (Firma), Justus Danckers (Firma), Officina Iusti Danckers (Firma), Danckers, Justus (Firma) and Officina Justi Danckers (Firma).
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