Johann Theodor de Bry

Who was Johann Theodor de Bry?

Johann Theodor de Bry, the elder son and pupil of Dirk De Bry, was born at Strasbourg in 1561. Like his father, he was an engraver and publisher. He greatly assisted his father in the important works in which he was engaged, as, for instance, the 'Florilegium novum,' which was published at Frankfort in 1612, and with the assistance of his brother Johannes Israel, he completed the two volumes of Boissard's 'Romanae urbis Topographia et Antiquitates,' which were left unfinished at his father's death. He also published 'Emblemata secularia,' 1596, and added considerably to the collection of Portraits of Illustrious Persons, begun by his father. His pupil was Frederik van Hulsen. He died at Frankfort in 1623. His prints are signed with the initials J. T. B. or a monogram.

He also made the following prints:

Portrait of Gerard Mercator, geographer.

Portrait of Daniel Specklin.

Four plates of the Elements; J. T. de Bry, inv. et fec.

The Marriage of Rebekah; after Baldassare Peruzzi.

A March of Soldiers; a frieze; after Titian.

Another March of Soldiers, conducting Prisoners, with Death riding on a Horse; a frieze, called the Triumph of Death; after the same.

The Little Village Fair; after H. S. Beham.