page_title: Jacob Binck
section_title: Works
hierarchical_section_title: Jacob Binck / Works
context_page_description: Jakob Binck was a German engraver, etcher, painter, medalist, copyist and art dealer. He was a peripatetic artist who worked for various courts in Northern Europe, especially the Danish court, and also resided in Antwerp for a while. As an engraver he is counted as a peripheral member of the Little Masters group.
context_section_description: The following are his principal prints:
  The Portrait of Jacob Bink, with a cap, a skull in his cloak, and a cup in his right hand.
  The Portrait of Lucas Gassel; I. B. 1529. Inscribed Imago ab Jacob Binck ad vivum delineata.
  Portrait of Francis I ; Franciscus rex Franciae.
  Portrait of Claude, First Queen of Francis I. 1528.
  Christiernus II. Danorum Rex. 1525.
  Elisabeta Danorum Begina.
  Christian III, surrounded by nine shields of arms and six Cupids, is one of his most elaborate and excellent engravings. It is rare, and not in Bartsch's catalogue.
  St. Jerome, with the Lion.
  Twenty, representing the Divinities; copied after Caralius, who engraved these plates after Il Rosso.
  Adam holding the branch of a tree.
  Eve, with a branch with two apples.
  Lot and his Daughters; circular; marked twice.
  David, with the head of Goliath. 1526.
  Judith, with the head of Holofernes.
  St. Michael vanquishing the Evil Spirit.
  The Virgin Mary adoring the Infant Jesus in the manger.
  Virgin sitting on a bank.
  Saints, various small prints, including SS. Anthony, the Virgin with Catharine and Barbary, Magdalene, George.
  The Beheading of St. John.
  The Soldier struggling with Death. A fine design.
  Many subjects from fable and allegory, including Cupid, Venus, Hercules and Nessus, Pride, Fortune, Justice.
  The Massacre of the Innocents; copied after Marc' Antonio; very scarce; an inferior print.
  A Woman beating and driving away the Devil with her crutch. 1528.
  A Soldier and a young woman.
  A Peasant carrying a basket of eggs.
  A Peasant and woman dancing.
  A Vignette, four Cupids mounted on dolphins.
  A Vase, ornamented with the heads of two unicorns.
  With about fifteen other ornamental trifles. His prints amount in number to 140, but many of them are copies from Dürer, Sebald Beham, and others.
caption: Portrait of Christian III of Denmark.
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