Martin Droeshout

High school (ages 12+)
Art & Creativity

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1. When was Martin Droeshout born?April 1601
2. When did Martin Droeshout die?Circa 1650
3. Where was Martin Droeshout born?England
4. What is the artistic medium?Engraving
5. What is the key commission?Title portrait for William Shakespeare's First Folio (1623)
6. Who was Martin Droeshout?He was an English engraver born in April 1601 who created the famous picture of William Shakespeare.

Engraving: A printmaking process involving incising an image into a metal plate, which is then inked and used to create prints.
Flemish Descent: Having ancestry from Flanders, a historically significant region in modern-day Belgium known for its artistic traditions.
First Folio: The first collected edition of William Shakespeare's plays, published posthumously in 1623, crucial for preserving his dramatic works.
Iconography: The visual images and symbols used in a work of art or the study of such images.