Marinus Robyn van der Goes

Marinus Robyn van der Goes (alternative names: Marinus Robin van der Goes, Ignatius Cornelis Marinus, Ignatius Cornelis Marinus) (Goes or London?, 1599 - Antwerp, 1639) was a Flemish engraver.
Historical data about van der Goes’ life are scarce. He was together with Hans Witdoeck a pupil of Lucas Vorsterman during the years 1630-31. He was admitted as a master of the Guild of St. Luke of Antwerp in 1632-1633. He had three pupils: Alexander Goubau, Antonius Coolberger and Gaspard Leemans.
He worked as an engraver for the leading Flemish painters of his age. In Rubens' studio he belonged to the 'new generation' of engravers with the likes of Hans Witdoeck. There are 18 engravings made by van der Goes on the basis of Rubens’ designs. The techique of van der Goes was more free than that of Vorsterman and was thus extremely well suited to the Rubens’ style. The burin is applied with great finesse and fairly tightly and preserves across the plate a transparency and lightness that allows van der Goes to achieve the correct effect through relatively tempered black tones.
He also made engravings for other prominent painters such as Jacob Jordaens, Adriaen Brouwer, Hendrik Martenszoon Sorgh and Theodoor van Thulden. He signed all his engravings with Marinus.
He died on 27 April 1639 in Antwerp and was buried in the local St. James' Church. In the burial register of the parish he was referred to as 'Marin van der Goes'.