Lives of Flemish, German, and Dutch painters

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The Lives of Flemish, German, and Dutch painters refers to a compilation of artist biographies by Jean-Baptiste Descamps published in the mid 18th-century that were accompanied by illustrations by Charles Eisen. The list of illustrations follows and is in page order by volume. Most of the biographies were translated into French from earlier work by Karel van Mander and Arnold Houbraken. The illustrated portraits were mostly based on engravings by Jan Meyssens for Het Gulden Cabinet and by Arnold and Jacobus Houbraken for their Schouburgh , while the work examples engraved in the margins of the portraits were mostly based on engravings by Jacob Campo Weyerman.

Name	Publication	Page
Jan van Eyck	Tome Premier, 1753	1
Quentin Metsys the Younger	Tome Premier, 1753	17
Bernard van Orley	Tome Premier, 1753	38
Jan van Scorel	Tome Premier, 1753	50
Maarten van Heemskerck	Tome Premier, 1753	60
Ambrosius Holbein	Tome Premier, 1753	71
Jan Mabuse	Tome Premier, 1753	83
Pieter Brueghel the Younger	Tome Premier, 1753	101
Frans Floris	Tome Premier, 1753	111
Marten de Vos	Tome Premier, 1753	117
Hubert Goltzius	Tome Premier, 1753	128
Bartholomeus Spranger	Tome Premier, 1753	184
Karel van Mander	Tome Premier, 1753	194
Wenceslas Cobergher	Tome Premier, 1753	205
Otto van Veen	Tome Premier, 1753	223
Adam van Noort	Tome Premier, 1753	228
Hendrik Goltzius	Tome Premier, 1753	230
Hendrick van Balen	Tome Premier, 1753	237
Abraham Bloemaert	Tome Premier, 1753	246
Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt	Tome Premier, 1753	256
Adam Elsheimer	Tome Premier, 1753	283
Roelant Savery	Tome Premier, 1753	293
Peter Paul Rubens	Tome Premier, 1753	297
Frans Snyders	Tome Premier, 1753	330
Jan Wildens	Tome Premier, 1753	336
Jan Antonisz. van Ravesteyn	Tome Premier, 1753	341
Caspar de Crayer	Tome Premier, 1753	350
Frans Hals	Tome Premier, 1753	360
Cornelius van Poelenburgh	Tome Premier, 1753	365
Jan Brueghel the Elder	Tome Premier, 1753	376
Johannes van der Beeck	Tome Premier, 1753	382
Hendrik van Steenwijk II	Tome Premier, 1753	384
Daniel Seghers	Tome Premier, 1753	391
Cornelis Schut	Tome Premier, 1753	398
Wybrand de Geest	Tome Premier, 1753	402
Lucas van Uden	Tome Premier, 1753	408
Dirk van Hoogstraten	Tome Premier, 1753	411
Leonaert Bramer	Tome Premier, 1753	416
Jan van Goyen	Tome Premier, 1753	419
Theodoor Rombouts	Tome Premier, 1753	425
Jacob Jordaens	Tome Second, 1754	1
Anthony van Dyck	Tome Second, 1754	8
Jan Davidsz. de Heem	Tome Second, 1754	37
Philippe de Champaigne	Tome Second, 1754	62
Simon Peter Tilemann	Tome Second, 1754	69
Johannes van Bronckhorst	Tome Second, 1754	72
Pieter Jansz van Asch	Tome Second, 1754	76
Rembrandt	Tome Second, 1754	84
Erasmus Quellinus II	Tome Second, 1754	108
Jan Lievens	Tome Second, 1754	117
Anna Maria van Schurman	Tome Second, 1754	121
Gerard ter Borch	Tome Second, 1754	125
Adriaen Brouwer	Tome Second, 1754	131
Joos van Craesbeeck	Tome Second, 1754	140
Jacob Adriaensz Backer	Tome Second, 1754	143
Herman Saftleven	Tome Second, 1754	148
David Teniers the Younger	Tome Second, 1754	155
Adriaen van Ostade	Tome Second, 1754	175
Adriaen Hanneman	Tome Second, 1754	188
Cornelis Saftleven	Tome Second, 1754	197
Bartholomeus van der Helst	Tome Second, 1754	201
Otto Marseus van Schrieck	Tome Second, 1754	205
Pieter van Laer	Tome Second, 1754	207
Nicolaes de Helt Stockade	Tome Second, 1754	213
Gerrit Dou	Tome Second, 1754	218
David Ryckaert III	Tome Second, 1754	235
Gabriël Metsu	Tome Second, 1754	241
Govert Flinck	Tome Second, 1754	248
Peter Lely	Tome Second, 1754	258
Gonzales Coques	Tome Second, 1754	264
Jan Philips van Thielen	Tome Second, 1754	271
Jürgen Ovens	Tome Second, 1754	281
Cornelis Pietersz Bega	Tome Second, 1754	285
Philips Wouwerman	Tome Second, 1754	288
Jan Baptist Weenix	Tome Second, 1754	308
David Beck	Tome Second, 1754	315
Adam Pynacker	Tome Second, 1754	319
Allaert van Everdingen	Tome Second, 1754	321
Hendrik Martenszoon Sorgh	Tome Second, 1754	324
Gerbrand van den Eeckhout	Tome Second, 1754	328
Wallerant Vaillant	Tome Second, 1754	332
Jacob van der Does	Tome Second, 1754	335
Paulus Potter	Tome Second, 1754	353
Johannes Lingelbach	Tome Second, 1754	374
Jan Vaillant	Tome Second, 1754	382
Samuel Dirksz van Hoogstraten	Tome Second, 1754	385
Hendrik Verschuring	Tome Second, 1754	396
Jacques Vaillant (painter)	Tome Second, 1754	407
Jan van Hoogstraten	Tome Second, 1754	409
Vincent van der Vinne	Tome Second, 1754	419
Willem Kalf	Tome Second, 1754	433
Johann Heinrich Roos	Tome Second, 1754	439
Ludolf Bakhuizen	Tome Second, 1754	444
Adam Frans van der Meulen	Tome Troisieme, 1760	1
Frans van Mieris the Elder	Tome Troisieme, 1760	13
Jan Steen	Tome Troisieme, 1760	26
Melchior d'Hondecoeter	Tome Troisieme, 1760	44
Heiman Dullaart	Tome Troisieme, 1760	47
Jacob van Oost	Tome Troisieme, 1760	55
Joseph Werner	Tome Troisieme, 1760	61
Adriaen van de Velde	Tome Troisieme, 1760	72
Caspar Netscher	Tome Troisieme, 1760	78
Jean Rudolf Werdmuller	Tome Troisieme, 1760	85
Abraham Genoels	Tome Troisieme, 1760	92
Gerard de Lairesse	Tome Troisieme, 1760	101
Karel Dujardin	Tome Troisieme, 1760	111
Jacob Toorenvliet	Tome Troisieme, 1760	121
Arnould de Vuez	Tome Troisieme, 1760	125
Godfried Schalcken	Tome Troisieme, 1760	139
Jan Weenix	Tome Troisieme, 1760	165
Robbert Duval (1639–1732)	Tome Troisieme, 1760	172
Johannes Dünz	Tome Troisieme, 1760	175
Michiel van Musscher	Tome Troisieme, 1760	181
Jan de Bisschop	Tome Troisieme, 1760	184
Maria Sibylla Merian	Tome Troisieme, 1760	200
Johannes Voorhout	Tome Troisieme, 1760	207
David van der Plas	Tome Troisieme, 1760	213
Matthijs Wulfraet	Tome Troisieme, 1760	218
Godfrey Kneller	Tome Troisieme, 1760	225
Gerard Hoet	Tome Troisieme, 1760	232
Cornelis Huysmans	Tome Troisieme, 1760	241
Augustinus Terwesten	Tome Troisieme, 1760	245
Johannes Vollevens	Tome Troisieme, 1760	251
Jan Verkolje	Tome Troisieme, 1760	259
Joanna Koerten	Tome Troisieme, 1760	273
Abraham Hondius	Tome Troisieme, 1760	280
Pieter Eyckens	Tome Troisieme, 1760	286
Cornelis de Bruijn	Tome Troisieme, 1760	297
Richard van Orley	Tome Troisieme, 1760	300
Felix Meyer	Tome Troisieme, 1760	307
Philipp Peter Roos	Tome Troisieme, 1760	319
Carel de Moor	Tome Troisieme, 1760	328
Willem Cornelisz Duyster	Tome Troisieme, 1760	336
Philip Tideman	Tome Troisieme, 1760	369
Mathieu Elias	Tome Troisieme, 1760	377
Adriaen van der Werff	Tome Troisieme, 1760	383
Arnold Houbraken	Tome Quatrieme, 1764	1
Bonaventura van Overbeek	Tome Quatrieme, 1764	7
Johannes Brandenberg	Tome Quatrieme, 1764	23
Gregor Brandmüller	Tome Quatrieme, 1764	31
Theodorus Netscher	Tome Quatrieme, 1764	38
Willem van Mieris	Tome Quatrieme, 1764	45
Rachel Ruysch	Tome Quatrieme, 1764	65
Georg Philipp Rugendas	Tome Quatrieme, 1764	78
Juriaen Pool	Tome Quatrieme, 1764	90
Jan Kupecký	Tome Quatrieme, 1764	95
Elias van Nijmegen	Tome Quatrieme, 1764	111
Jacques-Antoine Arlaud	Tome Quatrieme, 1764	116
Johann Rudolf Huber	Tome Quatrieme, 1764	125
Theodor van Pee	Tome Quatrieme, 1764	134
Arnold Boonen	Tome Quatrieme, 1764	137
Mattheus Terwesten	Tome Quatrieme, 1764	144
Isaac de Moucheron	Tome Quatrieme, 1764	153
Carel Borchaert Voet	Tome Quatrieme, 1764	158
Nikolaas Verkolje	Tome Quatrieme, 1764	168
Coenraet Roepel	Tome Quatrieme, 1764	197
Anna Waser	Tome Quatrieme, 1764	202
Jacob Campo Weyerman	Tome Quatrieme, 1764	209
Jacob Appel (painter)	Tome Quatrieme, 1764	219
Jan van Huysum	Tome Quatrieme, 1764	228
Segres-Jacques van Helmont	Tome Quatrieme, 1764	236
Herman van der Mijn	Tome Quatrieme, 1764	245
Balthasar Denner	Tome Quatrieme, 1764	253
Jacques Ignatius de Roore	Tome Quatrieme, 1764	262
Gerard Melder	Tome Quatrieme, 1764	280
Jacob de Wit	Tome Quatrieme, 1764	283
Cornelis Troost	Tome Quatrieme, 1764	291

Sources

1753: La Vie des Peintres Flamands, Allemands et Hollandois, avec des portraits gravés en Taille-douce, une indication de leurs principaux Ouvrages, & des réflexions sur leurs différentes manieres, M J.B. Descamps, Peintre, Membre l'Académie Royale des Science, Belle-Lettres, & Art de Rouen, & Professeur de l'Ecole du Dessein de la méme Ville,Tome Premier, A Paris, chez Charles-Antoine Jombert, Libraire du Roi pour l'Artillerie & le Génie, rue Dauphine, à l'Image de Notre-Dame, M D CC LIII, Avec Approbation et Privilege du Roi^[1]
1754: La Vie des Peintres Flamands, Allemands et Hollandois, avec des portraits gravés en Taille-douce, une indication de leurs principaux Ouvrages, & des réflexions sur leurs différentes manieres, M J.B. Descamps, Peintre, Membre l'Académie Royale des Science, Belle-Lettres, & Art de Rouen, & Professeur de l'Ecole du Dessein de la méme Ville,Tome Second, A Paris, chez Charles-Antoine Jombert, Libraire du Roi pour l'Artillerie & le Génie, rue Dauphine, à l'Image de Notre-Dame, M D CC LIV, Avec Approbation et Privilege du Roi^[2]
1760: La Vie des Peintres Flamands, Allemands et Hollandois, avec des portraits gravés en Taille-douce, une indication de leurs principaux Ouvrages, & des réflexions sur leurs différentes manieres, Par M J.B. Descamps, Peintre, Membre l'Académie Impériale Franciscienne, de celle des Sciences, Belle-Lettres, & Art de Rouen, & Professeur de l'Ecole du Dessein de la méme Ville,Tome Troisieme, A Paris, chez Desaint & Saillant, rue de S. Jean de Beauvais, Pissot, Quai de Conty, Durand, rue de Foin, M D C LX, Avec Approbation et Privilege du Roi^[3]
1764: La Vie des Peintres Flamands, Allemands et Hollandois, avec des portraits gravés en Taille-douce, une indication de leurs principaux Ouvrages, & des réflexions sur leurs différentes manieres, Par M J.B. Descamps, Peintre, Membre l'Académie Impériale Franciscienne, de celle des Sciences, Belle-Lettres, & Art de Rouen, & Professeur de l'Ecole du Dessein de la méme Ville, Tome Quatrieme, A Paris, chez Desaint & Saillant, rue de S. Jean de Beauvais, Pissot, Quai de Conty, Durand, le Neveu, rue S. Jacques, au coin de la rue du Platre, M D CC LXIV, Avec Approbation et Privilege du Roi^[4]

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References

↑ La Vie des Peintres, Volume I on Google Books
↑ La Vie des Peintres, Volume II on Google Books
↑ La Vie des Peintres, Volume III on Google Books
↑ La Vie des Peintres, Volume IV on Google Books

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[1] La Vie des Peintres, Volume I on Google Books

[2] La Vie des Peintres, Volume II on Google Books

[3] La Vie des Peintres, Volume III on Google Books

[4] La Vie des Peintres, Volume IV on Google Books

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