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Jacob de Gheyn II
Dutch painter and engraver
Jacob de Gheyn II (also Jacques de Gheyn II) (c.&#; &#; 29 March ) was a Dutch painter and engraver, whose work shows the transition from Northern Mannerism to Dutch realism over the course of his career.
Biography
De Gheyn was born in Antwerp and received his first training from his father, Jacob de Gheyn I, a glass painter, engraver, and draftsman.[2] In , he moved to Haarlem, where he studied under Hendrik Goltzius for the next five years.
He moved again, to Leiden, in the middle of the s.
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His work attracted the attention of wealthy sponsors, and his first commission was for an engraving of the Siege of Geertruidenberg from Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange. This event, from 27 March to 24 June , had been more of a demonstration of power by Prince Maurits, than an actual war, and had even attracted tourists.
As a publicity stunt, the siege and its subsequent engraving were successful in propagating an ima