De Jode

De Jode is documented primarily as a Dutch surname rather than as a commercial brand. The name is associated with a number of figures active in the visual arts and publishing during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, particularly in the Low Countries. Those individuals worked across cartography, engraving, painting, printmaking, drawing, publishing, and art dealing. The surname therefore appears in the history of European maps, reproductive prints, illustrated books, and the circulation of artistic images. The best-known members of the family include Gerard de Jode, a sixteenth-century cartographer, engraver, and publisher; his son Cornelis de Jode, who continued work in cartography, engraving, and publishing; Hans de Jode, a painter active in the seventeenth century; Arnold de Jode, an engraver; and Pieter de Jode I and Pieter de Jode II, Flemish printmakers and artists. Pieter de Jode II also worked as a draughtsman, painter, and art dealer. Their activities reflect the close relationship between artistic production, print reproduction, mapmaking, and publishing in Antwerp and the wider Dutch and Flemish cultural sphere. No evidence in the cited material establishes De Jode as a contemporary consumer brand, operating company, product line, or corporate group. There is no confirmed founding date, headquarters, ownership structure, website, listed status, or current commercial operation. The subject should therefore be treated as a surname and historical family name in an encyclopedia context, not mapped to a more famous namesake or supplemented with unsupported brand information.

De Jode is a Dutch surname linked in historical references to several artists and publishers from the Low Countries. The name is particularly prominent in accounts of European cartography and print culture from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, when Antwerp and other Dutch and Flemish centers supported active networks of engravers, mapmakers, publishers, painters, and dealers. Gerard de Jode, who lived from 1511 to 1591, is identified as a cartographer, engraver, and publisher. His work belongs to a period in which maps were produced and distributed through engraved plates, making the skills of cartographic design, engraving, and publishing closely interconnected. His professional activities placed the De Jode name within the expanding market for geographic knowledge and printed visual material. Cornelis de Jode, born in 1568 and deceased in 1600, continued the family's association with cartography, engraving, and publishing. His career illustrates the transmission of specialist knowledge and professional networks across generations. In this period, publishers often combined editorial, commercial, and technical roles, and map production depended on collaboration among surveyors, engravers, printers, and booksellers. The surname is also associated with artists working outside cartography. Hans de Jode, active in the seventeenth century, was a painter. Arnold de Jode, recorded as active between 1638 and 1667, was an engraver. Pieter de Jode I, who lived from 1570 to 1634, worked as a Flemish printmaker, draughtsman, publisher, and painter. Pieter de Jode II, who lived from 1606 to 1674, continued this artistic tradition as a printmaker, draughtsman, painter, and art dealer. Together, these figures connect the surname to the production, reproduction, sale, and dissemination of images. The available reference material does not identify De Jode as a unified business, incorporated enterprise, modern brand, or continuing commercial organization. It provides no reliable evidence for a shared corporate owner, present-day headquarters, current products, official website, financial activity, or contemporary management. The appropriate historical interpretation is therefore that De Jode is a family name associated with multiple individuals, especially in the arts and publishing, rather than a single brand entity.

• 1674

  Death of Pieter de Jode II

  [1]De Jodeen.wikipedia.org

  Pieter de Jode II died after a career spanning printmaking, drawing, painting, and art dealing.

• 1634

  Death of Pieter de Jode I

  [1]De Jodeen.wikipedia.org

  Pieter de Jode I died after working as a printmaker, draughtsman, publisher, and painter.

• 1600

  Death of Cornelis de Jode

  [1]De Jodeen.wikipedia.org

  Cornelis de Jode died after working in cartography, engraving, and publishing.

• 1591

  Death of Gerard de Jode

  [1]De Jodeen.wikipedia.org

  Gerard de Jode died after a career as a cartographer, engraver, and publisher.

• 1568

  Birth of Cornelis de Jode

  [1]De Jodeen.wikipedia.org

  Cornelis de Jode was born into the family associated with cartography, engraving, and publishing.

• 1511

  Birth of Gerard de Jode

  [1]De Jodeen.wikipedia.org

  Gerard de Jode was born. He later became associated with cartography, engraving, and publishing in the Low Countries.

A historical Dutch and Flemish surname associated with cartography, engraving, printmaking, painting, and publishing rather than a documented modern commercial brand.

• Cartography and publishing

  Cartographic publications

  The De Jode name is associated with historical mapmaking and the publication of cartographic material. Gerard de Jode and Cornelis de Jode are identified as cartographers, engravers, and publishers, reflecting the period's integrated production of maps through engraved plates and printed editions.

• Printmaking

  Engravings and prints

  Several people bearing the surname worked as engravers or printmakers. Their output formed part of the broader European print culture through which images, artistic compositions, and geographic information were reproduced and distributed.

• Fine art

  Paintings and drawings

  Hans de Jode was a painter, while Pieter de Jode I and Pieter de Jode II were also associated with painting and drawing. These works represent individual artistic practices rather than products of a unified commercial brand.

1. 1De Jodeen.wikipedia.org