Hans Bol, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Hans Bol

Flemish painter and draughtsman

Date of Birth: 16-Dec-1534

Place of Birth: Mechelen, Flemish Region, Belgium

Date of Death: 20-Nov-1593

Profession: painter, printmaker

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Hans Bol or Jan Bol (16 December 1534 – 20 November 1593), was a Flemish painter, print artist, miniaturist painter and draftsman.
He is known for his landscapes, allegorical and biblical scenes, and genre paintings executed in a late Northern Mannerist style.
After a successful career in Flanders, he left his home country for the Dutch Republic during the Siege of Antwerp.
His landscape work had an important influence on the next generation of Dutch landscape painters.
His prints after his own designs as well as those of Flemish masters such as Pieter Brueghel the Elder contributed to the spread of their themes in the Northern Netherlands.



Alternative names	Hendrick Goltius, Hendrick Goltz, Hendrick Golzius, Hendrick van Bracht, Hendricus Goltzius, Henricus Goltzius, Hendrick Gols, Hendrik Gols, Hendrik Goltz, Hendrik Goltius, Henrik Golzius
Description	Dutch printmaker, painter, draughtsman and publisher
Date of birth/death	February 1558	1 January 1617
Location of birth/death	Bracht, Brüggen	Haarlem
Work period	1577-1617
Work location	Duisburg (1561), Haarlem (1577-1590), Italy (1590-1591), Haarlem (August 1591-1617)
Authority control	: Q165367 VIAF: 19737376 ISNI: 0000 0000 8098 5671 ULAN: 500023327 LCCN: n50034471 NLA: 35132597 WorldCat