Houbraken Translated. Arnold Houbraken's Great Theatre of the Netherlandish Painters and Paintresses
The complete, fully illustrated and augmented edition in English of
De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen [...] (3 vols.), Amsterdam 1718-1721
by Arnold Houbraken
Hendrik J. Horn & Rieke van Leeuwen
The Hague, 14 October 2021
'The Making of Houbraken Translated' was added on 29 June 2023.
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Jacob Houbraken after Arnold Houbraken
Portrait of Arnold Houbraken (1660-1719)
Engraving, 157 x 114 mm (plate)
Illustration in vol. 3 (1721), opposite title page
Below:
Houbraken's noble spirit, known from his brushwork
Goes graze in a meadow of beautiful scenes
The son, to raise the father's fame up high
Erects an image of victory of lasting copper for him
David van Hoogstraten
