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{{Short description|Flemish painter}}
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'''Hans Verhagen den Stommen''' or '''Hans Verhagen der Stomme''' (alternative spelling: Verhaghen) (c. 1540-1545, [[Mechelen]] – c. 1600, [[Antwerp]]) was a [[Southern Netherlands|Flemish]] [[painter]] and [[draftsman]] mainly known for his drawings of animals.
'''Hans Verhagen den Stommen''' or '''Hans Verhagen der Stomme''' (alternative spelling: Verhaghen) (c. 1540-1545 in [[Mechelen]] – c. 1600 in [[Antwerp]]) was a [[Southern Netherlands|Flemish]] [[painter]] and [[draftsman]] whose exact drawings of animals were influential on other artists who regularly copied them.

==Life==
==Life==
He was born in Mechelen and is mentioned in 1554/55 as a pupil of Anthuenes (Anthoni) Bessemer.<ref name=rkd>[http://www.rkd.nl/rkddb/dispatcher.aspx?action=search&database=ChoiceArtists&search=priref=433901 Hans Verhagen der Stomme] at the [[Netherlands Institute for Art History]] {{link language|nl|Middle Dutch}}</ref>
He was born in Mechelen and is mentioned in 1554/55 as a pupil in Antwerp of the Mechelen painter Anthuenes (Anthoni) Bessemer.<ref name=rkd>[https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/433901 Hans Verhagen der Stomme] at the [[Netherlands Institute for Art History]] {{in lang|nl}}</ref><ref name=os/>


It is uncertain whether Hans Verhagen der Stomme is identical to the Hans Verhagen who executed in 1576 two paintings, one depicting Moses striking water from the rock, and the other the Judgment of Solomon which were made for the town hall in [[Emden]], Germany, where they hung until 1944 (now in the Ostfriesisches Landesmuseum in Emden).<ref name=rkd/> There was also a painter called Hans Verhaghen from Mechelen who worked around 1600 in Rotterdam and Delft, who is believed to have painted cartoons for the tapestry works. It is not clear whether this person is identical to Hans Verhagen der Stomme.<ref name=os>[http://www.oxfordartonline.com/subscriber/article/grove/art/T088806 Peter Dreyer. "Verhagen der Stomme, Hans.]" Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press. Web. 18 Jun. 2014</ref>
It is uncertain whether Hans Verhagen den Stommen is the same Hans Verhagen who executed in 1576 two paintings, one depicting Moses striking water from the rock, and the other the Judgment of Solomon which were made for the town hall in [[Emden]], Germany, where they hung until 1944 (now in the Ostfriesisches Landesmuseum in Emden).<ref name=rkd/> There was also a painter called Hans Verhaghen from Mechelen who worked around 1600 in Rotterdam and Delft, who is believed to have painted cartoons for the tapestry works. It is not clear whether this person is identical to Hans Verhagen den Stommen.<ref name=os>[http://www.oxfordartonline.com/subscriber/article/grove/art/T088806 Peter Dreyer. "Verhagen der Stomme, Hans.]" Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press. 18 June 2014</ref>


His nickname ‘’den Stommen’’ means 'mute' in Dutch and indicates that he may have been mute.
His nickname ‘’den Stommen’’ means 'mute' in Dutch and indicates that he may have been mute.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Dreyer |first1=Peter |title=Oxford Art Online |chapter=Verhagen der Stomme [the Mute], Hans |year=2003 |chapter-url=https://www.oxfordartonline.com/groveart/view/10.1093/gao/9781884446054.001.0001/oao-9781884446054-e-7000088806 |publisher=Oxford Art Online |doi=10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T088806 |isbn=978-1-884446-05-4 |access-date=8 November 2021}}</ref>


==Work==
==Work==
[[File:Hans Verhagen den Stommen - Drawing of a stone marten.jpg|thumb|Drawing of a stone marten]]
He is mainly know for his animal drawings. The Österreichische Nationalbibliothek in Vienna holds a codex of Naturstudien (studies of nature) that was once the property of Rudolf II. Four of the drawings in the folio are inscribed in the handwriting of the Flemish court painter [[Joris Hoefnagel]] attributing the drawings to a 'Hans Verhagen den stommen van Antwerpen'. Other than these four studies in the Naturstudien Codex, only 20 drawings by the same hand are known. These drawings which depict animals are kept at the Kupferstichkabinet in Berlin. One drawing shows the elephant that was exhibited in Antwerp in the autumn of 1563.
He is mainly known for his animal drawings. The [[Österreichische Nationalbibliothek]] in Vienna holds a codex of Naturstudien (studies of nature) that was once the property of Emperor [[Rudolf II]]. Four of the drawings in the folio are inscribed in the handwriting of the Flemish court painter [[Joris Hoefnagel]] attributing the drawings to a 'Hans Verhagen den stommen van Antwerpen'. Other than these four studies in the Naturstudien Codex, only 20 drawings by the same hand are known. These drawings which depict animals are kept at the [[Kupferstichkabinett Berlin|Kupferstichkabinett]] in Berlin. One drawing shows the elephant that was exhibited in Antwerp in the autumn of 1563.


Hans Verhagen der Stomme shows very exact observation skills in his drawings. He usually drew animals in their characteristic outline or in complementary views using opaque colours. His works can be regarded as the start of scientific animal illustration in Antwerp. His zoological reliability had a significant influence on other artists, such as [[Hans Bol]] and Joris Hoefnagel. Hoefnagel used some of the drawings of Verhagen as models for his four-volume manuscript of natural history miniatures. Anonymous artists working in the later 16th century and the early 17th also copied his work.<ref name=os/>
Hans Verhagen den Stommen shows very exact observation skills in his drawings. He usually drew animals in their characteristic outline or in complementary views using opaque colours.<ref name=os/> In his drawing of a stone marten included in the Naturstudien Codex, Verhagen neatly represents the individual hairs of the animal.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=GI0SBQY1cb0C&q=huygens&pg=PR13 Rebecca P. Brienen, From Brazil to Europe: the Zoological Drawings of Albert Eckhout and Georg Marcgraf, in: Karel A. E. Enenkel, Paulus Johannes Smith, ''Early Modern Zoology: The Construction of Animals in Science, Literature and the Visual Arts, Volume 7, Issue 1''], BRILL, 2007, p. 295</ref> His works can be regarded as the start of scientific animal illustration in Antwerp. His zoological reliability had a significant influence on other artists, such as [[Hans Bol]] and Joris Hoefnagel. Hoefnagel used some of the drawings of Verhagen as models for his four-volume manuscript of natural history miniatures. Anonymous artists working in the later 16th century and the early 17th also copied his work.<ref name=os/>

==See also==
* [[Nature Studies]]


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 10:09, 2 August 2023

Drawing of a peacock

Hans Verhagen den Stommen or Hans Verhagen der Stomme (alternative spelling: Verhaghen) (c. 1540-1545 in Mechelen – c. 1600 in Antwerp) was a Flemish painter and draftsman whose exact drawings of animals were influential on other artists who regularly copied them.

Life[edit]

He was born in Mechelen and is mentioned in 1554/55 as a pupil in Antwerp of the Mechelen painter Anthuenes (Anthoni) Bessemer.[1][2]

It is uncertain whether Hans Verhagen den Stommen is the same Hans Verhagen who executed in 1576 two paintings, one depicting Moses striking water from the rock, and the other the Judgment of Solomon which were made for the town hall in Emden, Germany, where they hung until 1944 (now in the Ostfriesisches Landesmuseum in Emden).[1] There was also a painter called Hans Verhaghen from Mechelen who worked around 1600 in Rotterdam and Delft, who is believed to have painted cartoons for the tapestry works. It is not clear whether this person is identical to Hans Verhagen den Stommen.[2]

His nickname ‘’den Stommen’’ means 'mute' in Dutch and indicates that he may have been mute.[3]

Work[edit]

Drawing of a stone marten

He is mainly known for his animal drawings. The Österreichische Nationalbibliothek in Vienna holds a codex of Naturstudien (studies of nature) that was once the property of Emperor Rudolf II. Four of the drawings in the folio are inscribed in the handwriting of the Flemish court painter Joris Hoefnagel attributing the drawings to a 'Hans Verhagen den stommen van Antwerpen'. Other than these four studies in the Naturstudien Codex, only 20 drawings by the same hand are known. These drawings which depict animals are kept at the Kupferstichkabinett in Berlin. One drawing shows the elephant that was exhibited in Antwerp in the autumn of 1563.

Hans Verhagen den Stommen shows very exact observation skills in his drawings. He usually drew animals in their characteristic outline or in complementary views using opaque colours.[2] In his drawing of a stone marten included in the Naturstudien Codex, Verhagen neatly represents the individual hairs of the animal.[4] His works can be regarded as the start of scientific animal illustration in Antwerp. His zoological reliability had a significant influence on other artists, such as Hans Bol and Joris Hoefnagel. Hoefnagel used some of the drawings of Verhagen as models for his four-volume manuscript of natural history miniatures. Anonymous artists working in the later 16th century and the early 17th also copied his work.[2]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Hans Verhagen der Stomme at the Netherlands Institute for Art History (in Dutch)
  2. ^ a b c d Peter Dreyer. "Verhagen der Stomme, Hans." Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press. 18 June 2014
  3. ^ Dreyer, Peter (2003). "Verhagen der Stomme [the Mute], Hans". Oxford Art Online. Oxford Art Online. doi:10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T088806. ISBN 978-1-884446-05-4. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  4. ^ Rebecca P. Brienen, From Brazil to Europe: the Zoological Drawings of Albert Eckhout and Georg Marcgraf, in: Karel A. E. Enenkel, Paulus Johannes Smith, Early Modern Zoology: The Construction of Animals in Science, Literature and the Visual Arts, Volume 7, Issue 1, BRILL, 2007, p. 295

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