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sources, and today many of his personal judgements still stand up to our modern scrutiny. Attacks of his judgement due to the spelling of artist's names or accusations that he was nationalistic and deemed all of these artists as "Netherlandish" must be dismissed on the grounds that the various borders between the Netherlands, Germany, and Flanders were far from decided in the period during which he was writing, and spelling conventions in the Netherlands regarding names were only introduced by Napoleonic decree in the 1790s. Excepting those cases where the artist died quite young, or whose oeuvre was lost during various wars, very few artists were included in the
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in 1750–51. Though these books published well, with changing fashions, during the course of the 19th century Houbraken fell out of favor with art historians, especially when his sketches were found wanting, incorrect, or even slanderous. Houbraken was very careful to check and double check his
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published his updated version (1729–47) in serial form that was published as a complete set in 1769. Houbraken's engravings of the artists are in some cases the only surviving portraits of these people.
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also became an engraver for an Amsterdam publisher, and is known today for her embellishment of cityscapes and buildings with animals and people. His daughter
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assisted his mother with the last proofs of the manuscript before publishing. His first attempt at an instructive manual for artists was his
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of portraits and book illustrations, including books by his father. His daughter
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Aen den heere Jakob Zeeus, den Wolf in 't schaepsvel ter drukpersse bestellende
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and religious paintings, portraits and landscapes. He is best known for the
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Arnold Houbraken's books sold quite well during the entire 18th century.
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De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen
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The first modern art historian to publish an update of his work was
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Eynden, Roeland van; Willigen, Adriaan van der (2 September 2008).
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The first to make a published sequel to Houbraken's work was
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Dordrecht
Dutch Republic
Amsterdam
Painting
engraving
art history
Dutch Golden Age painting
Dutch
painter
Dordrecht
Dutch Golden Age painters


Willem van Drielenburch
rampjaar
Jacobus Leveck
Samuel van Hoogstraten
mythological
art historical
The Great Theatre of Dutch Painters
Jacob
Emblem book
Matthijs Balen
Johan Graham
Jacobus Houbraken
engraver
Antonina Houbraken
Christina Houbraken
Jacob Campo Weyerman

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