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Dominicus Lampsonius (Latinised form of Dominique Lampsone) (1532, Bruges – 1599, Liège) was a Flemish humanist, poet and painter. His writings and correspondence formed an important contribution to the formation of the so-called Netherlandish canon. ==Life== Lampsonius studied arts and sciences at the University of Leuven. In 1554 he went to England to serve as secretary to Reginald Pole, a prominent humanist and Roman Catholic Cardinal. After Pole's death in 1558, he traveled to Liège where he was secretary to the successive Prince-Bishops (Robert of Berghes, Gerard of Grœsbeek, and Ernest of Bavaria). He thus regularly collaborated with Laevinus Torrentius who was the vicar of the Prince-Bishops until 1586 after which he became Bishop of Antwerp.〔(Jeanine Landtsheer, Dirk Sacré, Chris Coppens, ''Justus Lipsius (1547-1606) ): een geleerde en zijn europese netwerk : catalogus van de tentoonstellung in de Centrale Bibliotheek te Leuven, 18 oktober-20 december 2006'', Leuven University Press, 2006, p. 226-227 〕 Lampsonius was for a while the teacher of Otto van Veen, a painter and humanist who would later be one of the masters of Peter Paul Rubens. He became friends and engaged in intensive correspondence with some of the leading humanists of his time such as Justus Lipsius, Janus Dousa, Johannes Livineius and Petrus Oranus.〔 He provided the Italian historian Lodovico Guicciardini, then a resident of Flanders, with information for his history of the Low Countries entitled ''Descrittione di Lodovico Guicciardini patritio fiorentino di tutti i Paesi Bassi altrimenti detti Germania inferiore'' (1567; The Description of the Low Countreys).〔("Guicciardini, Lodovico." ) Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press. Web. 12 Jun. 2014〕 He was a correspondent of the Italian art historian Giorgio Vasari, who relied upon him for his notes about the life and works of the Liège painter Lambert Lombard.〔Till-Holger Borchert - The discovery of the art of painting of Bruges; catalogue of the exhibition : Bruges and the Renaissance" 1998; ISBN 90-5544-230-5〕 In one of his letters to Vasari, Lampsonius defended Netherlandish art against some of the disparaging remarks that Vasari had made in his ''Vite''.〔 In a letter written to Vasari before the publication of the second edition of the ''Vite'' Lampsonius deplored the poor quality of recent prints of Italian art works, which, according to him, did not fully convey the excellence of the originals. Lampsonius suggested that Northern engravers should collaborate with Italian artists to improve this. He also asked Vasari to include in the revised edition of the ''Vite'' treatises on the three arts of sculpture, painting and architecture, with drawings and information about the secrets of the arts.〔Sharon Gregory, Giorgio Vasari, 'Vasari and the Renaissance Print', Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2012, p. 2, p. 19, p. 63〕 He further conducted a regular correspondence with Giulio Clovio to whom he proposed a project to engrave Michelangelo's works in a skilful manner so that those who had not visited Rome could appreciate what they looked like.〔Sharon Gregory, Giorgio Vasari, 'Vasari and the Renaissance Print', Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2012, p. 133〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dominicus Lampsonius」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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