Jacobus Houbraken [SEP] father
Jacobus Houbraken
Jacobus Houbraken (25 December 1698 – 14 November 1780) was a Dutch engraver and the son of the artist and biographer Arnold Houbraken (1660–1719), whom he assisted in producing a published record of the lives of artists from the Dutch Golden Age.
Biography.
Jacobus was born in Dordrecht, and learned the art of engraving from his father. In 1707 he moved to Amsterdam, where for years he helped his father with his "magnum opus", his art historical work "The Great Theatre
Jacobus de Baen
Jacobus de Baen (1673, The Hague – 1700, Vienna), was a Dutch Golden Age portrait painter who was the son of Jan de Baen.
Biography.
According to Houbraken his father Jan de Baan was so sad when his son died at 27 that he died himself only two years later.
According to the RKD he learned to paint from his father Jan de Baen. From 1684-1692 he was a student at the academy of the Confrerie Pictura. In 1692 he travelled