The Lives of Dutch painters and paintresses
Frontispiece of first volume with portrait of Otto van Veen
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| Author | Jacob Campo Weyerman |
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| Original title | De levens-beschryvingen der Nederlandsche konst-schilders en konst-schilderessen |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Language | Dutch |
| Subject | Artist biographies |
| Publisher | Jacob Campo Weyerman |
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1729–1769 |
The Lives of Dutch painters and paintresses, or De levens-beschryvingen der Nederlandsche konst-schilders en konst-schilderessen, as it was originally known in Dutch, is a series of artist biographies with engraved portraits written by the 18th-century painter Jacob Campo Weyerman. It was published in four volumes as a sequel to Arnold Houbraken's own list of biographies known as the Schouburgh. The first volume appeared in 1729, and the last volume was published in 1769. This work is considered to be a very important source of information on 17th-century artists of the Netherlands, specifically those artists who worked in The Hague and in London.
The engraved portraits included as illustrations in Volume I are below, followed by the artists listed in order of appearance in the text. The illustrations are all copied from Houbraken.
Johan Snellinx - David Jorisz - Erasmus
Dirck and Wouter Crabeth
Abraham Bloemaert - Adam Elsheimer - Adam van Oor
Rubens- Hendrik van Balen - Roelant Savery
Frans Snijders- Jan Breughel - Cornelis Schut
Frans Hals- Wencelas Coebergher - Lucas van Uden - Wybrand de Geest
Cornelis Poelenburgh - Daniel Seghers - Johannes Torenttius - Pieter de Valck
Jacob Jordaens - Jan van Goyen
Leonard Bramer - Dirk van Hoogstraten - Salomon de Bray
Anthony van Dijk and Jan Davidsz de Heem
The engraved portraits included as illustrations in Volume II are below, followed by the artists listed in order of appearance in the text. The illustrations are all copied from Houbraken.
Philips de Champagne, Pieter Jansz van Asch, Jan van Bronkhorst
Disciples of Emaus
Rembrandt, Schuurman and Backer
Jan Lievens, Palamedes Palamedesz, Erasmus Quellinus
Adriaen Brouwer, Juriaan Ovens, Cornelis Bega
Herman and Cornelis Zachtleven, David Teniers
Adriaen van Ostade
Otto Marseus van Schriek, Pieter van Laer, Nicolas van Helt Stockade
Gerard Dou and Bartolomeus van der Helst
Govert Flinck, Peter Lely and Philip Koning
Jan Weenix, David Beck, Simon Peter Tilmans and Hendrik Zorg
Allaert van Everdingen and Adam Pijnacker
Gerbrand van den Eekhout and Wallerant and Jaques Vaillant
Paulus Potter and Jacob van der Does
Johan Lingelbach en Samuel and Jan van Hoogstraten
Hendrick Verschuuring and Willem Kalf
Ludolf Bakhuizen and Vincent van der Vinne
Johan Hendrik Roos and Juriaan van Streek
Frans van Mieris, Jan Steen
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