Portrait of Herman Schoenmaecker
| Reference: | S35658 |
| Author | Christoffel van SICHEM |
| Year: | 1605 ca. |
| Measures: | 117 x 165 mm |
€300.00
| Reference: | S35658 |
| Author | Christoffel van SICHEM |
| Year: | 1605 ca. |
| Measures: | 117 x 165 mm |
€300.00
Description
Engraving, 1605 circa. Based on a work of Jan Cornelisz Woudanus.
From Historische beschrijvinge ende affbeeldinge der voorneemste hooft ketteren, so vande catholijcke, ende christelijcke kercke[…], published by C. van Sichem in Amsterdam in 1608.
Good example, printed on contemporary laid paper, with unidentified watermark, very good condition.
According to Hollstein, the plate was published with Dutch and German text, in ornamental border, used in edition of 1608; without text and ornamental border in 1677 edition.
Harm (Harmen) Schoemaker (Schoenmaker), a Dutch Anabaptist, who by his unsound bigoted fanaticism (he called himself the Messiah and even God the Father) caused a tumult at 't Zandt, Dutch province of Groningen, in January 1535. On the farm called "De Arke," owned by Eppe Pietersz, a wealthy farmer, a large crowd gathered, over 300 of whom were baptized in one night by Schoenmaker, assisted by Cornelis int Kershof. Schoenmaker was arrested and put in prison in Groningen, where he soon died insane. He clearly took the Münsterite views and initially considered himself an elect to bear the banner of God from Groningen to Münster; i.e., to be the leader of the revolutionary Anabaptists of the Groningen region to the New Zion, which Jan van Leiden had erected in Münster.
Christoffel van SICHEM (Amsterdam 1546 - 1624)
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Christoffel van Sichem, called "de Oude" (1546-1624), of Amsterdam , who lived at Basel , Switzerland, for a few years, published at Amsterdam in 1606 a number of loose sheets, most of them drawn and engraved by himself, on which were pictured a number of " Anabaptists " such as Jan van Leyden , David Joris , and Bernt Knipperdolling . In 1608 these pictures, augmented with some new ones, were published in book form, entitled "Historische Beschreibüng unnd abbildünge der fürnembste Haupt-Ketzer so…"
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Christoffel van SICHEM (Amsterdam 1546 - 1624)
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Christoffel van Sichem, called "de Oude" (1546-1624), of Amsterdam , who lived at Basel , Switzerland, for a few years, published at Amsterdam in 1606 a number of loose sheets, most of them drawn and engraved by himself, on which were pictured a number of " Anabaptists " such as Jan van Leyden , David Joris , and Bernt Knipperdolling . In 1608 these pictures, augmented with some new ones, were published in book form, entitled "Historische Beschreibüng unnd abbildünge der fürnembste Haupt-Ketzer so…"
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