B. Smolenskoye, Vereysky district [now Moscow region], 1716-18; d. St Petersburg, 25 Feb 1770.
Russian draughtsman and engraver. He was the son of a priest, and from 1729 he studied at the St Petersburg Naval Academy. In August 1731 he was transferred to the instrument-making department of the Academy of Sciences, where he helped to make land-surveying instruments, including theodolites (a training that was of value when he later came to sketch views of St Petersburg); he also learnt how to carve moulds for dies under Georg Unfertsagt (1701-67); and he studied drawing under the two members of the Academy staff, Ottmar Elliger II and Elias Grimmel (1703-58). In June 1743 Makhayev was made director of the cartographic and die-carving section of the Academy, and he was employed there for the rest of his life. Together with his pupils he helped to produce the Atlas rossiyskoy imperii ('Atlas of the Russian Empire'; 1740s); in addition, he provided inscriptions for diplomas for honorary members of the Academy, for porcelain snuff-boxes and for a large silver shrine at the tomb of Aleksandr Nevsky (early 175...
Bagrow.
1603-56
JUSTUS DANKERTS (son) 1635-1701
The Dankerts family, of whom the above were the most important, was very large and ramifying having had a lot of members who were active in engraving on an artistic level. In this short view, however, we are dealing mainly with those who took part in the atlas production.
The family’s roots can be traced back to Cornelis Danckerts (1536-1595), a carpenter in Amsterdam. From his marriage with Lijsbet Cornelisdr two sons are known: Cornelis Danckerts de Rij (1561-1634) and Danckert Cornelisz (ca. 1580-1625). Cornelis and his descendants called themselves Danckerts de Rij. Danckerts Cornelisz who is at the root of the line we are now interested in was first a skipper then a stone merchant. He married Lijstbeth Jansdr, shortly after the turn of the century. Several members of his branch were well-known engravers-etchers, mapmakers and printsellers (Keuning, 1955). Danckert Cornelisz had two sons: Cornelis Danckerts (1603-1656) and Dancker Danckerts (1614-?).
Cornelis the elder brother established himself as...
1563-1611.
Holländsk kartograf. Född i Wacken i Gent, död i Amsterdam. Växte upp i Gent där han fick undervisning i konst och olika vetenskaper. För sin vidare utbildnings skull reste han 1583 till London. Där specialiserade han sig på framställning av matematiska instrument, jordglober och kartor. Omkring år 1593 slog han sig ner i Amsterdam. 1604 köpte han kartplåtarna till Gerard Mercatos (se denne) atlas. 1605 gav han ut Mercators Ptolemaus-atlas på nytt och från 1606 ombesörjde han en rad nyutgåvor av Mercators atlas. Den stora popularitet detta medförde gav honom idén att kopiera den i mindre skala under titeln 'Atlas minor', som även den fick en stor utbredning. - Hondius utförde även enkla kopparstick, lösa planscher och bokillustrationer , men som kopparstickare är han av mindre betydelse. 1594 gav han ut en liten bok, 'Theatrum artis sribendi', med skriftprover av en rad berömda kalligrafer. Hans kartverk fördes vidare av sönerna Joducus d.y. och Hendrik Hondius, samt svärsonen Joannes Janssonius.
Bland arbeten.
Atlas minor.
Theatrum artis sribendi.
Nederl. biogr.
Amiral Häggs flaggkarta. - Stockholm 1888.
Huddinge - Topografiska Corpsen 1873.
