page_title: Jan Collaert the Elder
hierarchical_section_title: Jan Collaert the Elder
caption_attribution_description: The 'Spanish Fury', the destruction of Antwerp in 1576 by Spanish troopslabel QS:Len,"The 'Spanish Fury', the destruction of Antwerp in 1576 by Spanish troops" label QS:Lnl,"De Spaanse Furie (De verwoesting van Antwerpen 1577)."
context_page_description: Jan Collaert the Elder or (I), Hans Collaert the Elder or Johannes Collaert was a Flemish printmaker, publisher, draftsman, tapestry designer, glass painter and designer and engraver of swords. He was the founder of a dynasty of engravers that would play a significant role in establishing Antwerp as one of the leading centres for printmaking in Europe in the second half of the 16th century and the early 17th century.
context_section_description: Jan Collaert the Elder or (I), Hans Collaert the Elder or Johannes Collaert (Brussels, between 1525 and 1530 – Antwerp, October 1580) was a Flemish printmaker, publisher, draftsman, tapestry designer, glass painter and designer and engraver of swords. He was the founder of a dynasty of engravers that would play a significant role in establishing Antwerp as one of the leading centres for printmaking in Europe in the second half of the 16th century and the early 17th century.
caption: The Spanish Fury, after Chrispijn van den Broeck
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