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Hondius (ii).
Dutch family of printmakers and publishers of Flemish descent. Like the HONDIUS (i) family of Amsterdam, with whom they are often confused, they fled from their native Flemish town because of the war with Spain. Guiljam Hondius, a school master in Duffel, moved his family to nearby Mechelen, but after he died his widow settled in Antwerp. Their son (1) Hendrik Hondius I married Sara Jansdochter, daughter of an Antwerp goldsmith, and they moved to The Hague, where Hendrik became one of the most important Dutch reproductive printmakers and publishers in the early 17th century. The division commonly made in the literature between prints attributed to (1) Hendrik I of the Hondius (ii) family from The Hague and Hendrik ‘II’ of the Hondius (i) family from Amsterdam is arbitrary and in need of revision (see HONDIUS (i), (2)). The two families may well have been related, but a direct connection has not yet been established. Between 1598–9 and c. 1616 Hendrik I and his wife had five daughters and two sons, the portrait engraver Willem Hondius (?1600–1658) and (2) Hendrik Hondius II, who became a print publisher. The following members have entries:
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