Surname: de Bry Forename(s): Theodor b. 1528. d. 29 March 1598. Nationality: Flemish. VIAF.
Illustrator, engraver, and publisher. Born in Liège. Apprenticed as a goldsmith in
Liège, but relocated to Strasbourg due to his Reformed religious beliefs. Married
Katharina Esslinger in 1560 and, for the second time, Katharina Rötlinger in 1570.
Influenced by Huguenot engraver, Etienne Delaune, moved to Antwerp following the Pacification
of Ghent in 1576. Eventually settled in Frankfurt in 1588, where, with the collaboration
of his sons, Johan Theodor and Johan Israel, established a publishing house known
for series like India Occidentalis (1590–1634) and India Orientalis (1597–1628), which featured travel narratives and engravings based on works by John
White and Jacques Le Moyne. Biographical information: Grove. (NM)