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Sep 01, 1712 Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands Died on 10 Apr 1784 (aged 71)
engraver from the Northern Netherlands
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About Simon Fokke
- Simon Fokke (1712–1784) was a Dutch designer, etcher, and engraver.
- Born in Amsterdam, he was a pupil of J.
- C.
- Philips, and was chiefly employed by booksellers to engrave small portraits and vignettes.
- He died in Amsterdam in 1784.
- His works include: His own Portrait ; after himself. A View of the Port of Leghorn; after Vernet. A View near Narni, in Lombardy; after the same. Six plates of Dutch Views, with Rivers, Ships, and Skaters; after Avercamp. Several Portraits for Tycho Hofman's Portraits historiques des hommes illustres de Dannemark, 1741. Several plates of his own design for Wagenaar's Vaderlandsche Historie, 1749-59. The Treaty of Peace at Münster; after Terborch. The Prodigal Son; after Spagnoletto; in the Dresden Gallery. Jacob keeping the Flocks of Laban; after the same; in the Dresden Gallery. The Death of Dido, a burlesque; after C.
- Troost. Vignette of Liberty on the title page of Rousseau's Discourse on Inequality, 1755.
