Spanish, born in Italy, approx. 1716-1780  Related Paintings of Melendez, Luis Eugenio :. | Still Life with Figs (mk05) | Stell Life with Melon and Pears (mk08) | Still-Life with Figs | Portrait of Isabel Farnesio | Still Life with Cucumbers and Tomatoes |
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EYCK, Hubert van
Flemish Northern Renaissance Painter, ca.1370-1426
Francis Coates Jones
1857-1932
Arnold Houbraken
(28 March 1660 - 14 October 1719) was a Dutch painter and writer from Dordrecht, now remembered mainly as a biographer of artists from the Dutch Golden Age. He had ten children. His son Jacobus Houbraken (1698-1780) was an engraver of portraits and book illustrations, including books by his father. His daughter Antonina Houbraken also became an engraver for an Amsterdam publisher, and is known today for her embellishment of cityscapes and buildings with animals and people. Houbraken was sent first to learn threadtwisting from Johannes de Haan, who introduced him to engraving. After two years he then studied art with Willem van Drielenburch, who he was with during the rampjaar, the year 1672. He then studied 9 months with Jacobus Leveck and finally, four years with Samuel van Hoogstraten. In 1685 he married Sara Sasbout, and around 1709 he moved from Dordrecht to Amsterdam. Arnold Houbraken painted mythological and religious paintings, portraits and landscapes.