Jacobus HOUBRAKEN
Dordrecht 1698 – Amsterdam 1780
Jacob Campo Weijerman
Engraving, after a painting by Cornelis Troost
195 × 150 mm, small margins
Fine impression, remains of former hinges, slight rubbed spot
Fragment of watermark (illegible)
Provenance: R. de Perthuis (Lugt 4237)
Reference: ver Huell 71
Jacob Campo Weijerman was a painter. Following the death Arnold Houbraken, Jacobus’ father, he started writing The Lives of Dutch painters and paintresses, a set of four biography volumes written between 1729 and 1739.