Collaert, Hans

Collaert, Hans a Flemish engraver, son and scholar of Adrian, was born at Antwerp about 1540. He visited Rome for improvement, afterwards returning to Flanders, where he executed a number of plates dated from 1555 to 1622. The following eare the principal: St. John Preaching in the Wilderness; Moses Striking the Rock; and the subjects from the lives of Christ and the Virgin. See Spooner, Biog. Hist. of the Fine Arts, s.v.; Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v.