Arnold de Jode, the son of Pieter de Jode, the younger, was born at Antwerp in 1638. He was instructed in engraving by his father, but he never rose above mediocrity. He worked in the Netherlands and in Spain, and was in England in 1666, the year of the

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, and in 1667. His best prints are portraits, though they are but indifferent. Among other plates, the following are by him:

Portraits

*'' Cardinal Pallavicini''; after Titian. *''Catharine Howard, Duchess of Lennox''; after van Dyck. *''Sir

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''; after Lely. *''

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''; prefixed to his 'Ars Pictoria'; after

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Various subjects

*''The Education of Cupid''; after ''

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'' by Correggio. 1667. *''The Magdalen''; oval; after Van Dyck. *''The Infant Christ embracing St. John''; after the same; inscribed ''Arnoldus de Jode, sculp. Londini, tempore incendii maximi''. *''A Landscape''; after L. De Vadder. 1658. *''Some other Landscapes''; after Jacques Fouquières.

References

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Pieter de JJode
at the RKD database 1638 births 1667 deaths Artists from Antwerp 17th-century engravers Flemish engravers {{engraver-stub