Jan Moretus
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Jan Moretus, also John Moerentorf or Joannes Moretus, was a Flemish printer who was an apprentice for Christophe Plantin, married his daughter, and later inherited the printing business on his father-
Printer's mark of Jan I Moretus, found in Henricus Sedvlius, Præscriptiones adversvs hæreses (1606), Openbare Bibliotheek Brugge 1875a (f. *1 recto)
Jan Moretus, portrait by Peter Paul Rubens
Martina Plantin
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Martina Plantin was involved in her father's printing business from five years of age, and ran the family lace shop from the age of 17. After her father and husband had died, she was the head of the P
Peter Paul Rubens, Martina Plantin
Peter Paul Rubens, The Resurrection of Christ, Cathedral of Our Lady in Antwerp, depicted with John the Baptist and Martina of Rome, patron saints of the deceased and his wife, on the side panels