Volcxken Diericx

Volcxken Diericx
Portrait of Volcxken Diericx by Johannes Wierix
Born c.1525
Died 23 December 1600
Antwerp
Nationality Netherlands

Volcxken Diericx (c. 1525 - 1600) was a Flemish printmaker and publisher.

Biography

The "New Exchange" of Antwerp around 1612

She was probably from Antwerp like her husband Hieronymus Cock and about the same age when she married him on 29 January 1547.[1] Together they founded the publishing business Aux Quatre Vents (The Four Winds), for which they received a patent on 11 January 1548.[1] Their shop was located near the New Exchange, on the corner of Lange Nieuwstraat and Katelijnevest. They later moved near to the tapestry exchange called Tapissierspand.

From 1551 until Cock's death, the couple employed the engravers Pieter Breugel the Elder, Lucas and Joannes van Deutecum, Giorgio Ghisi, Cornelis Cort, Philips Galle, Maarten van Heemskerck, Lambert Lombard, Hans Vredeman de Vries, Michiel Coxcie and Frans Floris.[2][3]

On a print by Johannes van Deutecum from 1560, the couple is portrayed in their shop (the rest of the building and street is from an architectural fantasy by Hans Vredeman de Vries). The print has two inscriptions, "|||| vens" and a pun "Laet de Cock coken om tvolckx wille" which can mean that Cock cooks or makes what folks want or that he makes what his wife (Volckx) wants:

Diericx is known for republishing these works as well as contracting Hendrik Goltzius during his first few years in Haarlem (1577–1582).[3] She died in Antwerp and left over 1,600 copper plates and a large inventory of prints in her estate.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Hieronymus Cock in the RKD
  2. 1 2 Fondation Custodia
  3. 1 2 Joannes van Deutecum (I) in the RKD


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