Marcus de Bye

Marcus De Bye or De Bie, a Dutch painter and engraver, was born at the Hague in 1612. He was instructed in painting by J. van der Does, and produced some landscapes, with animals, in the style of that master, which are not without merit; but he is chiefly deserving of notice for the excellent etchings he has left us of animals, after the designs of Paulus Potter and Markus Gerard. He died in 1670, We have by him:

• The fat Spitzhund.
• The Mule-driver.
• Three sets, of eight each, of Cows and Oxen; after Potter.
• A set of sixteen of Sheep; after the same.
• A set of sixteen of Goats; after the same.
• A set of sixteen of Lions, Leopards, Wolves, Bears, &c.; after the same.
• A set of sixteen of the Natural History of the Bear; after Markus Gerard. 1664.

References

This article incorporates text from the article "DE BYE, Marcus" in Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers by Michael Bryan, edited by Robert Edmund Graves and Sir Walter Armstrong, an 1886–1889 publication now in the public domain.

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Name	De Bye, Marcus
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Date of birth	1612
Place of birth	The Hague
Date of death	1670
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