page_title: The Lives of Dutch painters and paintresses
hierarchical_section_title: The Lives of Dutch painters and paintresses
caption_attribution_description: English: Engraving from the Levensbeschryvingen konstschilders, a comprehensive dictionary of art by w:Jacob Campo Weyerman, published in 1729 and illustrated with engravings copied from Arnold Houbraken's Schouburgh Frontispiece VI with Otto van Veen
context_page_description: 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.
context_section_description: 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.
caption: Frontispiece of first volume with portrait of Otto van Veen
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