Arnold Houbraken
(1660–1719) painter from the Northern Netherlands (1660-1719)
Arnold Houbraken (1660–1719) is listed in the catalogue as a painter, a printmaker, and a draughtsman. By year of birth, Arnold Houbraken belongs to the chapter ‘The Baroque’ in this site’s history of art.
Arnold Houbraken was born in Dordrecht and died in Amsterdam. Arnold Houbraken studied under Jacob Levecq. Arnold Houbraken worked in Dordrecht, Amsterdam, London, and Amsterdam. Wikidata associates Arnold Houbraken with Dutch Golden Age painting. The students included Christina Maria Elliger.
The best-known works include ‘Romulus and Remus discovered by the Herdsman Faustulus’, ‘Sacrifice of Iphigenia’, ‘The Painter and his Model’, and ‘The Great Theatre of Dutch Painters’. The works belong mainly to the genre portrait. The catalogue has 18 works by Arnold Houbraken with free images. The dated works span the years 1650–1714. Works by Arnold Houbraken are held by several collections, among them Statens Museum for Kunst, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rijksdienst Beeldende Kunst, and Rijksmuseum.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Faustino Bocchi, Johan Gustaf Stockenberg, John Closterman, Jerzy Siemiginowski-Eleuter, and Ernst Stuven.