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Theodor de Bry
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Theodorus de Bry (1528 – 1598) was an engraver, goldsmith and editor who traveled around Europe, starting from the city of Liège (where he was born and grew up), then to Strasbourg, Antwerp, London and Frankfurt, i.e.
a true European of his time, a bit like Erasmus.
At his time in the 16th century, the city of Liège was the center of the Prince-Bishopric of Liège, independent of neighboring countries, i.e. Burgundy, Netherlands, Germany and France.
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Life
Theodorus de Bry was born in 1528 in Liege, east of today's (2008) Belgium, to a family who had escaped the destruction of the city of Dinant in 1466 by the Duke of Burgundy, Philip the Good and his son Charles the Bold.
As a man he trained under his grandfather, Thiry de Bry senior (? - 1528), and under his father, Thiry de Bry junior (1495 - 1590), who were jewelers and engravers, eng