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Jeremias Falck

“Christ being Mocked with a Crown of Thorns”, ca. 1645. Engraving, 57.1 x 42.6 cm. Based on a painting by Anthonis van Dyck (1599-1641), published by Herman Weyen in Paris. Indicated at the bottom: Ant. van Dijck pinxit, J. Falck fecit.

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  • Catalogue of work

    J.C.Block: Jeremias Falck. Sein Leben und seine Werke, Danzig, Leipzig, Wien 1890
  • Livre de Portraiture, 1641

    Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, known as Il Guercino (1591-1666): Livre de Portraiture, Paris 1641, engravings by Jeremias Falck (Block 172).
  • Blumenwerke, 1662

    “Verscheyde Nieuwe Tulpen, en andere Bloemen” and “Novae et exquisitae florum icones“, with engravings by Jeremias Falck, Hamburg 1662, published by Frederik de Wit in Amsterdam (Block 64, 65), bound ...
  • ll. 1: Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, 1642 - After a painting by Justus van Egmont, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
  • Ill. 2: King Louis XIII, 1643 - After a painting by Justus van Egmont, British Museum, London.
  • Ill. 3: Anna of Austria, 1643 - After a painting by Justus van Egmont, British Museum, London.
  • Ill. 4: Louis XIV as a child, 1646/47 - After a painting by Justus van Egmont, British Museum, London.
  • Ill. 5: Ludowika Maria Gonzaga, 1645 - After a painting by Justus van Egmont, Austrian National Library, Vienna.
  • Ill. 6: Nicolaus Copernicus, 1644 - Based on an unknown painting, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam.
  • Ill. 7: Tycho Brahe, 1644 - Based on an unknown work, Austrian National Library, Vienna.
  • Ill. 8: Gran Mogor, ca. 1645 - Akbar the Great of von India, based on a painting by Claude Vignon, British Museum, London.
  • Ill. 9: Willem Blaeu, 1645 - Based on an unknown work, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam.
  • Ill. 10: Adriaan van den Spiegel, 1645 - Based on an unknown work, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam.
  • Ill. 11: Allegory of January, 1645 - After a painting by Joachim von Sandrart, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam.
  • Ill. 12: Allegory of March, 1645 - After a painting by Joachim von Sandrart, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam.
  • Ill. 13: The Day, 1645 - After a painting by Joachim von Sandrart, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam.
  • Ill.14: The Morning, 1645 - After an unknown work, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam.
  • Ill. 15: Noon, 1645 - After an unknown work, British Museum, London.
  • Ill. 16: Evening 1645 - After an unknown work, British Museum, London.
  • Ill. 17: Night, 1645 - After an unknown work, National Library of Warsaw/Biblioteka Narodowa w Warszawie.
  • Ill. 18: Springtime, 1645 - After an unknown work, British Museum, London.
  • Ill. 19: Summer, 1645 - After an unknown work, British Museum, London.
  • Ill. 20: Autumn, 1645 - After an unknown work, British Museum, London.
  • Ill. 21: Winter, 1645 - After an unknown work, British Museum, London.
  • Ill. 22: The Assyrians,1645 - After an outline by Claude Vignon, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam.
  • Ill. 23: The Meders, 1645 - Based on a work by Claude Vignon, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam.
  • Ill. 24: The Greeks, 1645 - Based on a work by von Claude Vignon, Austrian National Library, Vienna.
  • Ill. 25: The Romans, 1645 - Based on a work by Claude Vignon, Austrian National Library, Vienna.
  • Ill. 26: Maria, Jesus and John the Baptist, 1645 - After a painting by Jacques Stella, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam.
  • Ill. 27: Christ on the Mount of Olives, ca. 1645 - After a painting by Guido Reni, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam.
  • Ill. 28: The Entombment of Christ, ca. 1645 - Based on a painting by an unknown Master, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam.
  • Ill. 29a: Matthew, ca. 1645 - Based on a work by Pieter van Mol, Teylers Museum, Haarlem.
  • Ill. 29b: Mark, ca. 1645 - Based on a work by Pieter van Mol, Teylers Museum, Haarlem.
  • Ill. 29c: Luke, ca. 1645 - Based on a work by Pieter van Mol, Teylers Museum, Haarlem.
  • Ill. 29d: John, ca. 1645 - Based on a work by Pieter van Mol, Teylers Museum, Haarlem.
  • Ill. 30: Gate of Honour, 1646 - After Adolf Boy, National Museum of Warsaw/Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie.
  • Ill. 31: Gate of Honour, 1646 - After Adolf Boy, National Library of Warsaw/Biblioteka Narodowa w Warszawie.
  • Ill. 32: Title copper plate, 1646 - Describing the Gate of Honour by Andreas Scato, Danzig 1646, based on an unknown work, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam.
  • Ill. 33: Title copper plate, 1647 - For a book by Jerzy Ossoliński: Orationes (English: Orations), Danzig 1647, University Library, Danzig/Biblioteka Uniwersytetu Gdańskiego.
  • Ill. 34: Title copper plate, 1647 - For Johannes Hevelius: Selenography of the Description of the Moon, Danzig 1647.
  • Ill. 35: Johannes Hevelius, 1647 - After a painting by Helmich van Tweenhuysen II., Rijksmuseum Amsterdam.
  • Ill. 36: Friedrich Wilhelm von Brandenburg, 1647 - Presumably based on a painting by Govaert Flinck, National Library of Warsaw/Biblioteka Narodowa w Warszawie.
  • Ill. 37: Daniel Dilger, 1648 - After a painting by Salomon Wegner, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam.
  • Ill. 38: Christina of Sweden, 1649 - After a painting by David Beck, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam.
  • Ill. 39: Carl Gustav von der Pfalz, 1649 - After a painting by David Beck, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam.
  • Ill. 40: Magnus de La Gardie, 1649 - After a painting by David Beck, Austrian National Library, Vienna.
  • Ill. 41: Louis de Geer, 1649 - After a painting by David Beck, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam.
  • Ill. 42: Lennart Torstensson, 1649 - After a painting by David Beck, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam.
  • Ill. 43: Gabriel B. Oxenstierna, 1650 - After a painting by David Beck, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam.
  • Ill. 44: Robert Graf Douglas, 1651 - After a painting by David Beck, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam.
  • Ill. 45: Friedrich von Hammerstein, 1651 - After a painting by David Beck, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam.
  • Ill. 46: Gustav Horn, 1651 - After a painting by David Beck, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam.
  • Ill. 47: Hans Christoph Graf von Kingsmarck, 1651 - After a painting by David Beck (or Matthäus Merian), Austrian National Library, Vienna.
  • Ill. 48: Axel Lillie, 1651 - After a painting by David Beck, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam.
  • Ill. 49: Arvid Wittenberg, 1651 - After a painting by David Beck, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam.
  • Ill. 50: Axel Oxenstierna, 1652 - After a painting by David Beck, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam.
  • Ill. 51: Christina of Sweden, 1653 - After a painting by David Beck, Teylers Museum, Haarlem.
  • Ill. 52: Karl X Gustav, 1654 - Based on an unknown painting, Austrian National Library, Vienna.
  • Ill. 53: Carl Gustav Wrangel, 1655 - After a painting by David Klöcker Ehrenstrahl.
  • Ill. 54: Władysław IV. Wasa, 1650 - Based on an unknown painting, Austrian National Library, Vienna.
  • Ill. 55: Maciej Łubieński, 1652 - Based on an unknown painting, National Library of Warsaw/Biblioteka Narodowa w Warszawie.
  • Ill. 56: Achacy Przyłęcki, 1652 - After a painting by Daniel Schultz, National Library of Warsaw/Biblioteka Narodowa w Warszawie.
  • Ill. 57: Hieronim Radziejowski, 1652 - After a painting by Hendrick Munnichhoven.
  • Ill. 58: Jerzy Sebastian Lubomirski, 1653 - After a painting by Daniel Schultz, National Library of Warsaw/Biblioteka Narodowa w Warszawie.
  • Ill. 59: Łukasz Opaliński, 1653 - After a painting by Daniel Schultz, National Library of Warsaw/Biblioteka Narodowa w Warszawie.
  • Ill. 60: Bogusław Radziwiłł, 1654 - After a painting by Daniel Schultz, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam.
  • Ill. 61: Piotr Gembicki, 1650/55 - Based on an unknown painting, National Library of Warsaw/Biblioteka Narodowa w Warszawie.
  • Ill. 62: Andrzej Leszczyński, 1650/55 - Based on an unknown painting, National Library of Warsaw/Biblioteka Narodowa w Warszawie.
  • Ill. 63: Bogusław Leszczyński, 1650/55 - After a painting by Daniel Schultz, National Library of Warsaw/Biblioteka Narodowa w Warszawie.
  • Ill. 64: Wacław Leszczyński, 1650/55 - Based on an unknown painting, National Library of Warsaw/Biblioteka Narodowa w Warszawie.
  • Ill. 65: Jerzy Ossoliński, 1650/55 - After a painting by Bartholomäus Strobel, National Library of Warsaw/Biblioteka Narodowa w Warszawie.
  • Ill. 66: Jerzy Tyszkiewicz, 1650/55 - Based on an unknown painting, National Library of Warsaw/Biblioteka Narodowa w Warszawie.
  • Ill. 67: Helmich van Tweenhuysen, 1650/55 - Based on an unknown painting, Teylers Museum, Haarlem.
  • Ill. 68: Friedrich III of Denmark, 1655 - Based on an unknown painting, Austrian National Library, Vienna.
  • Ill. 69: Esau sells his Birthright, 1655/57 - After a painting by Matthias Stomer, British Museum, London.
  • Ill. 70: The Adoration of the Shepherds, 1655/57 - After a painting by Lorenzo Lotto, National Library of Warsaw/Biblioteka Narodowa w Warszawie.
  • Ill. 71: Christ in the Temple, 1655/57 - After a painting by Andrea Schiavone, Teylers Museum, Haarlem.
  • Ill. 72: Mary with the Baby Jesus, 1655/57 - After a painting by Andrea del Sarto, Teylers Museum, Haarlem, Public Domain.
  • Ill. 73: The Veneration of the Holy Family, 1655/57 - After a painting by Bonifazio Veronese, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam.
  • Ill. 74: The Carrying of the Cross, 1655/57 - After a painting by Jacopo Bassano, Teylers Museum, Haarlem.
  • Ill. 75: The Ecstasy of Saint Paul, 1655/57 - After a painting by Johann Liss, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam.
  • Ill. 76: The Vision of Saint Peter, 1655/57 - After a painting by Domenico Fetti, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC.
  • Ill. 77: Old Lady at her Toilet Table, 1655/57 - After a painting by Bernardo Strozzi, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC.
  • Ill. 78: The Concert, 1655/57 - After a painting by Giorgione, Teylers Museum, Haarlem.
  • Ill. 79: The Prodigal Son with the Harlots, 1655/57 - After a painting by Johann Liss, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam.
  • Ill. 80: Queen Semiramis, 1655/57 - After a painting by Guercino, Teylers Museum, Haarlem.
  • Ill. 81: Singing Couple, 1655/57 - Based on a work by a Dutch Master, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden.
  • Ill. 82: John the Baptist preaching a Sermon, 1655/57 - After a painting by Abraham Bloemaert, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam.
  • Ill. 83: Konstantin Ferber, 1658/63 - After a painting by Adolf Boy, National Library of Warsaw/Biblioteka Narodowa w Warszawie.
  • Ill. 84: Johannes Müller, ca. 1662 - After a painting by Gerd Dittmers, National Library of Warsaw/Biblioteka Narodowa w Warszawie.
  • Ill. 85: Johann Ulrich von Wallich, 1662 - After a painting by Gerd Dittmers, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam.
  • Ill. 86: Title Engraving 1673 - for Johannes Hevelius: Machina coelestis, Danzig 1673.
  • Ill. 87: The Alphabet, ca. 1662 - Title page for the series Libellus novus elementorum latinorum, after a template by Johann Christian Bierpfaff.
  • Ill. 87a: The letter A, ca. 1662 - From the series Libellus novus elementorum latinorum, after a template by Johann Christian Bierpfaff.
  • Ill. 87b: The letter B, ca. 1662 - From the series Libellus novus elementorum latinorum, after a template by Johann Christian Bierpfaff.
  • Ill. 87c: The letter C, ca. 1662 - From the series Libellus novus elementorum latinorum, after a template by Johann Christian Bierpfaff.
  • Ill. 87d: The letter D, ca. 1662 - From the series Libellus novus elementorum latinorum, after a template by Johann Christian Bierpfaff.
  • Ill. 87e: The letter E, ca. 1662 - From the series Libellus novus elementorum latinorum, after a template by Johann Christian Bierpfaff.
  • Ill. 87f: The letter F, ca. 1662 - From the series Libellus novus elementorum latinorum, after a template by Johann Christian Bierpfaff.
  • Ill. 87g: The letter G, ca. 1662 - From the series Libellus novus elementorum latinorum, after a template by Johann Christian Bierpfaff.
  • Ill. 87h: The letter H, ca. 1662 - From the series Libellus novus elementorum latinorum, after a template by Johann Christian Bierpfaff.
  • Ill. 87i: The letter I, ca. 1662 - From the series Libellus novus elementorum latinorum, after a template by Johann Christian Bierpfaff.
  • Ill. 87k: The letter K, ca. 1662 - From the series Libellus novus elementorum latinorum, after a template by Johann Christian Bierpfaff.
  • Ill. 87l: The letter L, ca. 1662 - From the series Libellus novus elementorum latinorum, after a template by Johann Christian Bierpfaff.
  • Ill. 87m: The letter M, ca. 1662 - From the series Libellus novus elementorum latinorum, after a template by Johann Christian Bierpfaff.
  • Ill. 87n: The letter N, ca. 1662 - The letter N from the series Libellus novus elementorum latinorum, ca. 1662. Engraving after a template by Johann Christian Bierpfaff (ca. 1600-ca. 1675), 20.8 x 17.7 cm, signed bottom right: J.F. sculp: (Block 63).
  • Ill. 87o: The letter O, ca. 1662 - From the series Libellus novus elementorum latinorum, after a template by Johann Christian Bierpfaff.
  • Ill. 87p: The letter P, ca. 1662 - From the series Libellus novus elementorum latinorum, after a template by Johann Christian Bierpfaff.
  • Ill. 87q: The letter Q, ca. 1662 - From the series Libellus novus elementorum latinorum, after a template by Johann Christian Bierpfaff.
  • Ill. 87r: The letter R, ca. 1662 - From the series Libellus novus elementorum latinorum, after a template by Johann Christian Bierpfaff.
  • Ill. 87s: The letter S, ca. 1662 - From the series Libellus novus elementorum latinorum, after a template by Johann Christian Bierpfaff.
  • Ill. 87t: The letter T, ca. 1662 - From the series Libellus novus elementorum latinorum, after a template by Johann Christian Bierpfaff.
  • Ill. 87v: The letter V , ca. 1662 - From the series Libellus novus elementorum latinorum, after a template by Johann Christian Bierpfaff.
  • Ill. 87w: The letter W, ca. 1662 - From the series Libellus novus elementorum latinorum, after a template by Johann Christian Bierpfaff.
  • Ill. 87x: The letter X, ca. 1662 - From the series Libellus novus elementorum latinorum, after a template by Johann Christian Bierpfaff.
  • Ill. 87y: The letter Y, ca. 1662 - From the series Libellus novus elementorum latinorum, after a template by Johann Christian Bierpfaff.
  • Ill. 87z: The letter Z, ca. 1662 - From the series Libellus novus elementorum latinorum, after a template by Johann Christian Bierpfaff.
“Christ being Mocked with a Crown of Thorns”, ca. 1645
“Christ being Mocked with a Crown of Thorns”, ca. 1645. Engraving, 57.1 x 42.6 cm. Based on a painting by Anthonis van Dyck (1599-1641), published by Herman Weyen in Paris. Indicated at the bottom: Ant. van Dijck pinxit, J. Falck fecit.

There are a huge number of portraits with Christian motifs from Falck’s time in Paris: Falck probably engraved a “Birth of Christ” from a painting by Paolo Veronese (1528-1588) (Block 3). Block saw a sheet with “Mary as the Queen of Heaven” and an “Adoration of the Shepherds” based on a work by Jacopo Palma (presumably the Younger, known as Palma il Giovane, 1548-1628) in the Pawlikowski collection in Lviv, and a “Virgin and Christchild” based on a work by Justus van Egmont in the Breslau Museum (Block 5, 7, 11). Falck engraved a portrait of “The Virgin Maria with Jesus and John The Baptist as a Child” from a painting by the French-Flemish artist, Jacques Stella (1596-1657), the court painter to Louis XIII; at the time it was in an Amsterdam collection and a very similar version today can be found in the Dunedin Public Art Gallery in New Zealand (Block 12, Ill. 26). Block saw a portrait of “St John the Baptist as child” in the Pawlikowski collection; a “Baptism of Christ” is claimed to be based on a painting by Titian (1488/90-1576) (Block 13, 15). Falck based an engraving, published by Le Blond and entitled “Christ on the Mount of Olives”, on a painting by the Italian artist, Guido Reni (1575-1642) (Block 16, Ill. 27). He engraved “Christ being Mocked with a Crown of Thorns” (Block 17, Title pciture) from a painting by Anthonis van Dyck (1599-1641). A version of the painting, where a soldier clad in an animal skin has been substituted by an aggressive dog on the left edge of the picture, can be found in the Prado Museum in Madrid. During Block’s time his engraving of a “Large Crucifixion”, also based on a painting by van Dyck and now in Amsterdam, could be found in the Polish Museum in Rapperswyl (Block 21). Falck made an engraving of the “Entombment of Christ” from a painting by an unknown master; Block saw duplicates in the Czartoryski Museum and the Pawlikowski collection. Today there is a sheet in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam (Block 22, Ill. 28). Still in Paris, Falck completed a huge number of portraits of Saints (Block 27, 28, 30-33): and in an oval frame, an engraving of the “Four Evangelists” whilst they were writing, whose attributes are based on paintings by the Antwerp artist, Pieter van Mol (1599-1650), who set up a workshop in Paris in 1631 and became the court painter to Louis XIII in 1637 (Block 34-37, Ill. 29 a-d); a sequence of sheets featuring the “Twelve Prophets”, published by Le Blond (Block 38-49), and a portrait of St Mary Magdalene, Catherine of Alexandria, Genoveva of Paris and Klara of Assisi, all based on works by different painters and published by different publishers (Block 50-53).

In 1646 Falck returned to Danzig, where he remained for the next three years. Proof of this is provided by the above-mentioned entries in the baptismal register of the church of St Peter and Paul. In 1649, with the help of Le Blond, who was the art agent for Queen Christina of Sweden, he was summoned to the court in Stockholm. Entires in the court register of payments published in 1876 in the “Album Muzeum Narodowego w Rapperswylu” (Block, PDF, p. 8) show that the artist was paid a total of 900 talers in silver coins in 1649. In 1650 he travelled to Danzig to marry Anna Mercator, and after that he travelled back to Stockholm with his wife.