Cornelis Cort

Cornelis Cort (* 1533 in Hoorn in Holland, † March 17, 1578 in Rome) was a Dutch engraver.

Life

Cornelis Cort worked for the publishing house of the Antwerp engraver Hieronymus Cock, his engravings appeared there still largely without his name. 1566 he went to Venice, where Titian was home to him, for he stabbed several works in copper. Some time later, Cort settled in Rome, where he worked successfully and founded a school. Among his pupils was also Agostino Carracci.

Work

With the technique of so-called " swelling line ", which reached the effect of light and shadow in parallel trains, he expanded the hitherto usual hatches for another means of expression. The invention of this technique is Cornelis Cort attributed, as is the introduction of larger formats for engravings.