Wikipedia / Hondius
Wikipedia / Hondius
Hondius can refer to two possibly unrelated families of engravers and cartographers, who both moved from Flanders to the Dutch Republic in the 1590s:
Amsterdam family originating from Ghent:
Jodocus Hondius (1563–1612)
Jodocus Hondius II (1593–1629), first son of Jodocus I
Hendrik Hondius II (1597–1651), second son of Jodocus I
Jacomina Hondius (1558–1628), Flemish-Dutch calligrapher, sister of Jodocus Hondius
The Hague family originating from Duffel:
Hendrik Hondius I (1573–1650)
Willem Hondius (c. 1598–1650s), one of his sons
Hendrik Hondius III (1615–1677), another son
Abraham Hondius (ca. 1631–1691), Dutch Golden Age painter