Portrait of Ludolf Bakhuizen and Vincent van der Vinne.



Ludolf Bakhuizen (1630 or 1632-1708) was a German-born Dutch painter, draughtsman, calligrapher and printmaker. He was the leading Dutch painter of maritime subjects after Willem van de Velde the Elder and Younger left for England in 1672. He also painted portraits of his family and circle of friends.



Vincent Laurensz van der Vinne (1628-1702) was a Dutch Mennonite painter, linen-weaver, and writer.

Made by after an anonymous artist.

Medium: Engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 13.3 x 18.6 cm (5.24 x 7.32 inch). Image size: 13.2 x 18.5 cm. (5.2 x 7.28 inch).

Condition: good, given age. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

PORTRAIT-LUDOLF-BAKHUIZEN-VINCENT-VAN-DER-VINNE | PCO-C45-37

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

The Great Theatre of Dutch Painters and Paintresses, or De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen, as it was originally known in Dutch, is a series of artist biographies with engraved portraits written by the 18th-century painter Arnold Houbraken. It was published in three volumes as a sequel to Karel van Mander's own list of biographies known as the Schilder-boeck. The first volume appeared in 1718, and was followed by the second volume in 1719, the year Houbraken died. The third and last volume was published posthumously by Houbraken's wife and children in 1721. This work is considered to be a very important source of information on 17th-century artists of the Netherlands. The Schouburg is listed as one of the thousand most important works in the Canon of Dutch Literature [nl] from the Middle Ages to the present day.

Biography engraver: Arnold Houbraken (1660-1719) was a Dutch painter and writer from Dordrecht, now remembered mainly as a biographer of Dutch Golden Age painters.