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HOUBRAKEN, JACOBUS (1698–178o)
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See also:HOUBRAKEN, JACOBUS (1698–178o) , Dutch engraver, was See also:born at See also:Dort, on the 25th of See also:December 1698. All that his See also:father, See also:Arnold Houbraken (1660–1719), bequeathed to him was a See also:fine constitution and a pure love for See also:work. In 1707 he came to reside at See also:Amsterdam, where for years he had to struggle incessantly against difficulties. He commenced the See also:art of See also:engraving by studying the See also:works of Cornelis See also:Cort, Suyderhoef, See also:Edelinck and the Visschers. He devoted himself almost entirely to See also:portraiture. Among his best works are scenes from the See also:comedy of De Ontdekte Schijndeugd, executed in his eightieth See also:year, after Cornelis Troost, who was called by his countrymen the Dutch See also:Hogarth. He died on the 14th of See also:November 1780. See A. Ver See also:Hull, Jacobus Houbraken et son oeuvre (See also:Arnhem, 1875), where 120 engraved works are fully described. End of Article: HOUBRAKEN, JACOBUS (1698–178o)Additional information and CommentsThere are no comments yet for this article.
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