Christoffel van Sichem the Younger

[2] He was a member of the second generation of a Roman Catholic family of Dutch engravers and publishers, who for four generations created and published a wide variety of prints used as illustrations in books and as loose pictures.

[3] He was born in Basel as the son of Christoffel van Sichem the Elder and Catalijn Serwouters.

His father was originally from Amsterdam and had moved in 1570 to Basel where he was active as a printmaker and publisher.

[5] After the death of his first wife he married on 10 September 1633 in Amsterdam Marritje Joosten (died before 31 July 1642).

[1] He was mainly active as a reproductive artist, making prints after the prints or paintings of other artists, including Abraham Bloemaert, Hendrick Goltzius, Hans Holbein, and Maarten van Heemskerck, among others.