Johan Faber,[1] anglicized as John Faber (
c. 1660–1721), commonly referred to as John Faber the Elder,[a] was a Dutch miniaturist and portrait engraver active in London, where he set up a shop for producing and marketing his own work. His son
John Faber the Younger was also active in this field.
Faber was noted for the small portraits which he drew from the life on
vellum with a pen, one being of
Simon Episcopius. He engraved many portraits from the life, among them being those of
Francis Atterbury,
Hans Caspar von Bothmer,
John Hough, and
Henry Sacheverell, besides numerous portraits of dissenting clergy. In 1712 he was employed at Oxford to engrave a set of the portraits of the founders of the colleges; this was followed by a similar set of portraits at Cambridge, making forty-five in all.[5] To his visit to Oxford were due also the engraved portraits of
Samuel Butler,
Charles I,
Geoffrey Chaucer,
Duns Scotus,
John Hevelius,
Ben Jonson, and others.[4]
He also engraved sets of portraits, such as 12 Ancient Philosophers, after
Rubens, The Four Indian Kings (1710), and The 21 Reformers.[4]
Notes
^Also known as John Faber Sr[2] and John Faber I.[3]
Davenport, Cyril (1904).
Mezzotints. London: Methuen and Co. pp. 113–114.
OCLC1049687052 – via the Internet Archive.
Feurer, Rudolf (2003). "Faber, John (Johan)". In Kasten, Eberhard; et al. (eds.). Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon (in German). Vol. 36. München, Leipzig: Saur. p. 42.
ISBN3-598-22776-0.
Vertue, George (1930). "The Note-Books of George Vertue Relating to Artists and Collections in England (I)". The Walpole Society. 18. whole issue.
JSTORi40086539.
Vertue, George (1932). "The Note-Books of George Vertue Relating to Artists and Collections in England (II)". The Walpole Society. 20. whole issue.
JSTORi40086519.
Vertue, George (1936). "The Note-Books of George Vertue Relating to Artists and Collections in England (IV)". The Walpole Society. 24. whole issue.
JSTORi40086511.
Whinney, Margaret; Millar, Oliver (1957). English Art, 1625–1714. Oxford History of English Art. Vol. 8. Oxford: Clarendon Press. p.
102.
OCLC1150992276 – via the Internet Archive.
Johan Faber,[1] anglicized as John Faber (
c. 1660–1721), commonly referred to as John Faber the Elder,[a] was a Dutch miniaturist and portrait engraver active in London, where he set up a shop for producing and marketing his own work. His son
John Faber the Younger was also active in this field.
Faber was noted for the small portraits which he drew from the life on
vellum with a pen, one being of
Simon Episcopius. He engraved many portraits from the life, among them being those of
Francis Atterbury,
Hans Caspar von Bothmer,
John Hough, and
Henry Sacheverell, besides numerous portraits of dissenting clergy. In 1712 he was employed at Oxford to engrave a set of the portraits of the founders of the colleges; this was followed by a similar set of portraits at Cambridge, making forty-five in all.[5] To his visit to Oxford were due also the engraved portraits of
Samuel Butler,
Charles I,
Geoffrey Chaucer,
Duns Scotus,
John Hevelius,
Ben Jonson, and others.[4]
He also engraved sets of portraits, such as 12 Ancient Philosophers, after
Rubens, The Four Indian Kings (1710), and The 21 Reformers.[4]
Notes
^Also known as John Faber Sr[2] and John Faber I.[3]
Davenport, Cyril (1904).
Mezzotints. London: Methuen and Co. pp. 113–114.
OCLC1049687052 – via the Internet Archive.
Feurer, Rudolf (2003). "Faber, John (Johan)". In Kasten, Eberhard; et al. (eds.). Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon (in German). Vol. 36. München, Leipzig: Saur. p. 42.
ISBN3-598-22776-0.
Vertue, George (1930). "The Note-Books of George Vertue Relating to Artists and Collections in England (I)". The Walpole Society. 18. whole issue.
JSTORi40086539.
Vertue, George (1932). "The Note-Books of George Vertue Relating to Artists and Collections in England (II)". The Walpole Society. 20. whole issue.
JSTORi40086519.
Vertue, George (1936). "The Note-Books of George Vertue Relating to Artists and Collections in England (IV)". The Walpole Society. 24. whole issue.
JSTORi40086511.
Whinney, Margaret; Millar, Oliver (1957). English Art, 1625–1714. Oxford History of English Art. Vol. 8. Oxford: Clarendon Press. p.
102.
OCLC1150992276 – via the Internet Archive.