Martinus van den Enden the Elder

[2] By the middle of the 17th century he was a leading publisher of prints in Antwerp, along with Frans van den Wyngaerde, Gillis Hendricx and Joannes Meyssens.

It is a depiction of the Visitation of Mary, which until the middle of the twentieth century was thought to be an early work of Peter Paul Rubens.

[5] He married in 1626 Lucretia de la Haij, who was possibly a relative of the Antwerp engraver and printer Michiel Haeye (Haeij).

They were the parents of Martinus the younger, who was baptized on 25 April 1633 in the Cathedral of Antwerp, with the publisher Gillis Hendricx acting as godfather.

[1] Martinus the Elder's presumed daughter Clara van den Enden married the prominent engraver Pieter de Jode II in 1648.

He may have operated a side business as a seller of paintings, art assessor and wine merchant, but his major occupation was that of a print publisher.

[4] While van den Enden seems to have been successful in building good relationships with other publishers, engravers and artists and to sell some of his output abroad, he seems to have run into financial trouble.