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Vianen, Adam van, approximately 1569-1627


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    • Di Viana, Adamo, approximately 1569-1627
    • De Viana, Adam, approximately 1569-1627
    • Van Vianen, Adam, approximately 1569-1627
    • Viana, Adamo di, approximately 1569-1627
    • Viane, Adam de, approximately 1569-1627
    • Vianen, Adam van, I, approximately 1569-1627
    • Vianen, Adam van, II, 1595-
    • Viana, A. D., approximately 1569-1627
    • A. V., approximately 1569-1627
    • V., A., approximately 1569-1627
    • Vianen, Adam van, 1595-
    • Vianen, Adam van, b. 1595
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    • Vianen, Adam van, 1595-
    • Vianen, Adam van, b. 1595
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    • found: Adam van Vianen: Modelles artificiels de divers vaisseaux d'argent, 1892 [facsimile edition of collection of prints originally published approximately 1650, with a new introduction]:page 5 (in introduction: the elder (?) Adam I van Vianen, born approximately 1570, married in 1593, still alive in 1626 but deceased two years later) page 6 (Adam II, the son of Adam I, born 1595, Utrecht, is the designer of the works reproduced in this volume; his works have often been confused with those of his father; the writer believes the elaborate ornamentation proves that these are the work of the son) plate 1 (reproduction of original title page: Modelli artificiosi di vasi diversi d'argento et altre opere capriciozi, inventate et bozzate dal famozo Sr. Adamo di Viana = Modelles artificiels de divers vaisseaux d'argent, et autres oeuvres capricieuzes, inventêes et desseignêes du renommé Sr. Adam de Viane = Constighe modellen van verscheijden silvere vaten, en andere sinnighe wercken, gevonden ende geteeckent door den vermaerden E. Adam van Vianen ... uytgegeven door sijnen soon Christiaen van Vianen tot Uijtrecht) plates 1-48 (chiefly signed with monogram AV)
    • found: Kramm, Christiaan. De levens en werken der Hollandsche en Vlaamsche kunstschilders, beeldhouwers, graveurs en bouwmeesters, 1857-1864(Vianen (Adam van) Willemsz. (I), born approximately 1570, Utrecht; still living in 1627 but his widow is mentioned in a document dated 23 Feb. 1628; Vianen (Adam van) II; born approximately 1595, Utrecht; he is probably the son from the first marriage of Adam Willemsz. van Vianen (I))
    • found: Wurzbach, Alfred von. Niederländisches Künstler-Lexikon, 1906-1911(Vianen; Adam Willemsz van Vianen I, goldsmith, born Utrecht 1570, died 1627; Adam van Vianen II, goldsmith and silver worker, born 1595, Utrecht; son of Adam van Vianen I)
    • found: LC database, Feb. 16, 2009(hdg.: Vianen, Adam van, b. 1595?)
    • found: Molen, J.R. ter. Van Vianen, een Utrechtse familie van zilversmeden met een internationale faam, 1984:v. 1, page 29-30 (Adam van Vianen, very probably born at the end of 1568 or the beginning of 1569 in Utrecht, son of Willem Eerstens. van Vianen and brother of Paulus van Vianen; probably apprenticed with members of the van Leyenberch family of silversmiths, and achieved master status shortly after 1590, from which point he worked independently; married in 1593; his wife died 1595 giving birth to a son, Johan; the silversmith Christiaen van Vianen was his son by his second wife, whom he married in 1598; seems to have owned a brewery; held offices in the Utrecht silversmiths' guild between 1606 and 1616; probably died on August 27, 1627 and was buried some days later in Utrecht) page 46 (the belief that there were two silversmiths named Adam van Vianen, sometimes called Adam I and Adam II, was very persistent, and attempts were made to distinguish their works on stylistic grounds; this hypothesis was proved unfounded by C.H. de Jonghe in 1937)
    • found: Jonghe, C.H. de. "Adam van Vianen, zilversmid te Utrecht, omstreeks 1565-1627" (in Oud Holland, v. 54 (1937), pages 100-114), via JSTOR, Sept. 4, 2014:page 101 (the supposition that two Adam van Vianens, senior and junior, were living in the period 1580-1630, which is expressed by Kramm and repeated in the 1892 edition of Vianen's works and by Wurzbach, is not substantiated; a reference by Sandrart (1675) to a son who was also a silversmith probably refers to his son Christiaan; Adam van Vianen, the oldest son of Willem Eerstensz. van Vianen, was born approximately 1565) page 103 (1612 silver object signed with monogram AV) page 106 (silver object from approximately 1615 signed A.D. VIANA)
    • found: Thieme-Becker(Vianen, Adam van, goldsmith in Utrecht, born approximately 1569, master in 1593, died 1627; son of Willem, brother of Paulus (I), father of Christian; a series of ornamental prints after his works and designs was published by his son Christian under the title Modelles artificiels de divers vaisseaux, 1652/54; reprinted in 1892)
    • found: Groenendijk, Pieter. Beknopt biografisch lexicon van Zuid- en Noord-Nederlandse schilders, graveurs, glasschilders, tapijtwevers et cetera van ca. 1350 tot ca. 1720, 2008(Vianen, Adam van, born Utrecht, approximately 1569; died Utrecht 1627; cartographer, gold- and silversmith, copper engraver, draughtsman)
    • found: Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon, Sept. 4, 2014(Vianen, Adam van; variant De Viana, Adam van; goldsmith; copper engraver; graphic artist; engraver of maps and charts; cartographer; master draughtsman; toreutic worker; metal artist; born Utrecht approximately 1569; died Utrecht 1627.08.25)
    • found: Oxford Art Online, Sept. 4, 2014(Adam van Vianen, born (?) Utrecht, 1569; died (?) Utrecht, 1627; "known to have trained as an engraver, and at least two portraits and a map of Utrecht by him survive ... but it was in the modelling and embossing of silver that he excelled"; noted for works in auricular style)
    • found: ULAN, Sept. 4, 2014(Vianen, Adam van (Dutch goldsmith and printmaker, ca. 1569-1627))
    • found: RKDartists&, Sept. 4, 2014(Adam van Vianen (I); male / Northern Netherlands; jeweler, printmaker, draftsman; name variations: Vianen, Adam Willemsz. van; born Utrecht 1568/1569; died Utrecht 1627-08-25; son of Willem, brother of Paulus Willemsz. van Vianen (= Paulus I), father of Christian) - https://rkd.nl/explore/artists/80850
    • found: VIAF, Sept. 4, 2014:VIAF ID 122065153 (Vianen, Adam van 1569-1627: Sudoc, France; ISNI; German National Library; Vianen, Adam van, ca 1569-1627: National Library of the Netherlands; Vianen, Adam van: Wikipedia) VIAF ID 78980289 (Vianen, Adam van ca1569-1627: ISNI) VIAF ID 310520733 (Vianen, Adam van, 1595-: Library of Congress/NACO) VIAF ID 290265487 (Vianen, Adam van (Dutch goldsmith and printmaker, ca. 1569-1627): ULAN) VIAF ID 284341614 (Vianen, Adam van: National Library of the Netherlands)
    • notfound: Beeldend Benelux, 2000
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    • 2009-02-20: new
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