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    Jacobus Houbraken (25 December 1698 – 14 November 1780) was a Dutch engraver and the son of the artist and biographer Arnold Houbraken (1660–1719), whom...
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    were Matthijs Balen, Johan Graham, and his son Jacob. Houbraken had ten children. His son Jacobus Houbraken (1698–1780) was an engraver of portraits and...
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    Salomon's son Jacob Salomonszoon van Ruysdael, also a landscape artist, spelled his name with a "y". Jacob's earliest biographer, Arnold Houbraken, called him...
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    schilderessen (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature Jacob de Wet on Artnet Paintings by Jacob Willemsz. de Wet, Web...
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    Hoet as an ongoing project in 1719 when Houbraken died, which is why there are prints made by Jacob Houbraken to illustrate the first volume. Portret...
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    the reader questioning whether Houbraken thought Hooch or Ochtervelt painted perspective poorly. According to Abraham Jacob van der Aa's later biography...
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    konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature. Jacob Gerritsz Cuyp profile, RKD. Accessed 7 January...
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    2019-05-06. Chisholm 1911, p. 474. "Portret van Arnold Drakenborch, Jacob Houbraken, after Jan Maurits Quinkhard, 1736 - 1738". Rijksmuseum. Retrieved...
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    Jacob Willemsz Delff the Younger (1619, Delft – 1661, Delft), was a Dutch Golden Age portrait painter. According to Houbraken he won a lucrative commission...
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  • Bloemen, and Gillis Wenix. When they left Lyon for Paris, Houbraken mentions they were with Jacob, who was a good painter of ""bataljes"" or battle scenes...
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    portrait of Kenau with weapons, aged 47 in 1573. Kenau engraving by Jacob Houbraken after the fantasy portrait Kenau leading Haarlem women, by Ferdinand...
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  • (in Dutch) Jacob Lavecq biography in De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of...
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  • She was the daughter of painter and writer Arnold Houbraken and sister of the printmaker Jacob Houbraken. It is assumed she learned to draw in her father's...
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    Verkolje and according to Arnold Houbraken the only one of five children to carry on his art (which was a mistake). Houbraken had intended to compose a biographical...
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    of Houbraken's sources, namely Cornelis de Bie's Het Gulden Cabinet. Houbraken's son Jacobus Houbraken, who had helped his mother finish Houbraken's third...
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  • some pictures composed from those subjects, which were highly esteemed. Houbraken wrote that Peter Paul Rubens, in a journey he made through Holland, visited...
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    Houbraken's source). "Cruydenier" or "Kruydenier" is an old Dutch name for a pharmacist or someone who knows the medicinal properties of plants Jacob...
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    konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature Jacob de Heusch in the RKD Attribution:  This...
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  • Jacob Rotius (11 September 1644, Hoorn – 1681, Hoorn), was a Dutch Golden Age painter. According to Houbraken he was a pupil of Jan Davidsz de Heem, whose...
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  • Jacob van der Laemen (1584–1624) was a Flemish Baroque painter. Van der Laemen was born in Antwerp. According to Houbraken he made merry companies and...
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    sourcebook for classical mythology and its iconography. According to Houbraken he was particularly good at inventive arrangements of subjects in engravings...
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    Jacob Koninck (c. 1615 – c. 1695) was a Dutch Golden Age landscape painter. Koninck was born in Amsterdam. According to Houbraken he lent his books on...
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  • Jacob van Musscher (1580–1623) was a Dutch Golden Age painter. Van Musscher was born in Emden. According to Houbraken he was called Jaques de Moschero...
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  • registered pupil of Jacob Vosmaer. He is probably the "Delvenaar" referred to as "Ugaart", in Arnold Houbraken's Schouburg. According to Houbraken, Ugaart Delvenaar...
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    Frans Mieris Frans van Mieris (II) (Jacob Houbraken) Born 24 November 1689 Leiden, Holland, The Netherlands Died 24 November 1763(1763-11-24) (aged 74)...
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    dictionary of Noord Nederlandsch Graveurs]. Martinus Nijhoff. p. 225. Houbraken, Arnold (1753). De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders...
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  • Giacomo, or Jacob de Decker (1640, Haarlem – 1680, Rome), was a Dutch Golden Age painter. According to Houbraken he travelled to Rome and joined the bentvueghels...
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    Jacob Vosmaer (1584, Delft – 1641, Delft) was a Dutch Golden Age painter. According to Houbraken he was born in Delft as a descendant of an old line of...
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  • Jacob van der Roer van Dordrecht (1613, Dordrecht – 1691, Dordrecht), was a Dutch Golden Age portrait painter. According to Houbraken, who mentioned him...
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    Frans Pieterszoon Maekschoon) François Maelson François Maelson (by Jacob Houbraken) Born 1538 Enkhuizen, Noorderkwartier Died ca 1601 Occupation(s) Physician...
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