Hieronymus Andreae

Who was Hieronymus Andreae?

Hieronymus Andreae, or Andreä, or Hieronymus Formschneider, was a German woodblock cutter, printer, publisher and typographer closely associated with Albrecht Dürer. Andreae's best known achievements include the enormous, 192-block Triumphal Arch woodcut, designed by Dürer for Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, and his design of the characteristic German "blackletter" Fraktur typeface, on which German typefaces were based for several centuries. He was also significant as a printer of music.

In the opinion of Adam von Bartsch, although Andreae never designed woodcuts, the quality of his work was such that he, along with Hans Lützelburger and Jost de Negker, should be considered an artist.