Simon Fokke

634 works

Most of Simon Fokke's work was for booksellers, who hired him to engrave small portraits and vignettes. Read more

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Etching of armed men fighting with swords in a forest clearing, with dogs, a rearing horse and a large tree behind.

The Frisian Galama defends himself against Count Floris II, 1112

1722

Etching of a bishop and robed clergy processing toward soldiers at a camp tent, with a town skyline behind them.

Hartbert, Bishop of Utrecht, threatens Dirk VI with excommunication, 1146

1722

Engraving of men carrying a fallen figure from a boat to shore, with sailing ships and mounted soldiers in the background.

Willem I becomes Lord of Friesland, 1195

1722

Etching of the Hoofdtoren tower in Hoorn on fire, with smoke, rescuers on ladders and a crowd watching below.

Fire in the Hoofdtoren in Hoorn, 1750

1751

Engraving of militia soldiers marching over a stone bridge toward a Haarlem city gate, with a boat on the canal.

View of the Montelbaanstoren in Amsterdam

1760

Engraved title page with Virgin and Child at centre, cherubs, Rococo border and small biblical scenes in medallions.

Arrival of William V of Orange-Nassau and Wilhelmina of Prussia at the Haarlemmerpoort in Amsterdam, 1768

1773

Engraving of a festive boat procession with flag-decked ships, cannon smoke, a crowd on the shore and a windmill.

Return of William V of Orange-Nassau and Wilhelmina of Prussia from Zaandam, 1768

1773

Engraved night view of the illuminated Amsterdam town hall with a crowd of celebrants and carriages in the square below.

Illumination of the town hall in Amsterdam for William V of Orange-Nassau and Wilhelmina of Prussia, 1768

1773

Engraved print of gentlemen seated around a round table in a formal room with a fireplace and tapestry walls.

William V of Orange-Nassau takes his seat as administrator at the WIC, 1768

1773

Engraved print of a couple in period dress before a seated official at a desk, with an allegorical medallion above.

For the establishment of the widows' funds in the year 1749

1749

Etching of a crowd looting a canal-side house in Amsterdam, with goods thrown into the water and onlookers under trees.

Plundering of the house of A.M. van Arssen in Amsterdam, 1748

1777

Engraving of a collapsing canal bridge with figures falling into water, a church tower and gabled houses behind.

Collapse of the Leliesluis, 1659

1779

Engraved print of a crowd viewing a large chandelier in an ornate hall with arched walls and a decorated ceiling.

Viewing of the large chandelier, gift to the Russian tsar, 1659

1779

Engraving of mounted officers before a walled town under siege, with cannon smoke, soldiers, and a large tree on the left.

Siege of Grave by Prince Maurits, 1602

1729

Engraving of a naval battle with warships firing through smoke as oared galleys capsize in rough sea, with a city on the hori

Naval battle with the six Spanish galleys of Spinola, 1602

1729

Etching of mounted nobles riding through ruined Ostend after its 1604 surrender, with smoke, soldiers and rubble.

The archdukes visit the destroyed Ostend after the capitulation, 1604

1753

Engraving of a crowded scaffold scene before a church, with cloaked men, armed guards, and onlookers at a 1619 execution.

Beheading of Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, 1619

1749

Engraving of armed men attacking a seated figure in a bedchamber with curtains, while a man in a cloak watches at a writing t

Brothers de Witt attacked in their room above the Gevangenpoort, 1672

1755

Etching of a flooded landscape with boats, a distant town skyline, a windswept tree and a breached dike in the foreground.

Revolt of the Cheese and Bread People in Haarlem, 1492

1750

Etched view of ruined Delft after the 1654 gunpowder tower explosion, with collapsed houses, debris and church towers.

Delft after the explosion of the powder tower, 1654

1754

Engraved allegory of painting: a seated female figure with an easel, a putto, a laurel-bearing flying figure, and trees.

Explosion of the powder tower at Heusden, 1680

1779

Etching of townspeople in a night street gazing up at a comet over a church tower and gabled houses.

Table decoration at the golden wedding of mayor Gerrit Hooft, 1757

1757

Fire in the fair stalls at the Buitenhof in The Hague, 1758

1758

Engraving of cherubs unrolling a map beside a scene of people in boats and on banks during a dike breach flood.

Breach of the Rhine and IJssel dikes, 1754

1754

Engraving of a sailing boat and an overturned boat in rough water, with a bare tree and a man with a pole at right.

Choppy water in the Haarlemmermeer, 1755

1755

Most of Simon Fokke's work was for booksellers, who hired him to engrave small portraits and vignettes. He was born in Amsterdam in 1712 and trained as a pupil of J. C. Philips. He made prints after Vernet, Avercamp and Terborch. He also designed his own plates for Wagenaar's Vaderlandsche Historie and the vignette of Liberty on the title page of Rousseau's Discourse on Inequality. He died in Amsterdam in 1784. Browse 634 works by Simon Fokke from 3 museums, free to download in HD. Source: Wikipedia

Simon Fokke

The Frisian Galama defends himself against Count Floris II, 1112

Hartbert, Bishop of Utrecht, threatens Dirk VI with excommunication, 1146

Death of Floris III, 1190

Willem I becomes Lord of Friesland, 1195

Fire in the Hoofdtoren in Hoorn, 1750

Militia enters Haarlem, 1750

View of the Montelbaanstoren in Amsterdam

Adoration by the kings

Arrival of William V of Orange-Nassau and Wilhelmina of Prussia at the Haarlemmerpoort in Amsterdam, 1768

Return of William V of Orange-Nassau and Wilhelmina of Prussia from Zaandam, 1768

Illumination of the town hall in Amsterdam for William V of Orange-Nassau and Wilhelmina of Prussia, 1768

William V of Orange-Nassau takes his seat as administrator at the WIC, 1768

For the establishment of the widows' funds in the year 1749

Plundering of the house of A.M. van Arssen in Amsterdam, 1748

Collapse of the Leliesluis, 1659

Viewing of the large chandelier, gift to the Russian tsar, 1659

Siege of Grave by Prince Maurits, 1602

Naval battle with the six Spanish galleys of Spinola, 1602

The archdukes visit the destroyed Ostend after the capitulation, 1604

Beheading of Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, 1619

Brothers de Witt attacked in their room above the Gevangenpoort, 1672

Saint Elizabeth's Flood, 1421

Revolt of the Cheese and Bread People in Haarlem, 1492

Delft after the explosion of the powder tower, 1654

Allegory of painting

Explosion of the powder tower at Heusden, 1680

The comet of 1681

Flood in 1682

Table decoration at the golden wedding of mayor Gerrit Hooft, 1757

Fire in the fair stalls at the Buitenhof in The Hague, 1758

Breach of the Rhine and IJssel dikes, 1754

Choppy water in the Haarlemmermeer, 1755

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