Het Gulden Cabinet
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The Golden Cabinet of the Noble Free Art of Painting, or Het Gulden Cabinet vande Edel Vry Schilder-Const, as it was originally known in Dutch, is a series of artist biographies and panegyric
s with engraved portraits written by the 17th century notary and rederijker
Cornelis de Bie
. This work is considered to be a very important source of information on 17th century Southern Netherlandish artists and was later used as a source by the art historians such as Arnold Houbraken
and Jacob Campo Weyerman
. It was published in 1662, although the work also mentions 1661 as date of publication. Het Gulden Cabinet is part of the Basic Library of the dbnl (Database of Dutch Literature) which contains the 1000 most important works in Dutch literature from the Middle Ages to today.
, but was most important during the Renaissance
. In 1550, the Italian Giorgio Vasari
published his Vite and Karel van Mander was the first author to introduce this genre in the Dutch language
with his Schilder-boeck
of 1604. Cornelis de Bie explicitly places himself in the tradition of Van Mander, but wants to give an updated version of the work.
The concept of Het Gulden Cabinet did not come from Cornelis de Bie himself, but rather from the Antwerp publisher Jan Meyssen. In 1649, Meyssen had already published Image de divers hommes in imitation of Anthony van Dyck's Iconography. Most of the portraits in Het Gulden Cabinet had, in fact, previously been published in this Image de divers hommes and few new engravings were made especially for De Bie's work.
In his work, De Bie clearly presents himself as a rederijker
whose duty it is to broadcast the fame of the artists. In this, he puts himself in a tradition of which also Alexander van Fornenbergh is an exponent.
The work is divided into three parts, the first of which deals with artists who had died before De Bie's time and this part relies heavily on Van Mander's work. The second part deals with artists living at the time of De Bie and is mostly based on original research by De Bie and on the comments added to the engravings. The third part deals with living sculptors and other artists who had been omitted in the first two parts.
. In this manuscript he clearly mentions his plan to have the second edition published. This manuscript is dated in 1672. The reason why it never happened is unclear, although the publisher of the first edition, Jan Meyssen had died in 1670 and it is plausible that he did not find another publisher.
Panegyric
A panegyric is a formal public speech, or written verse, delivered in high praise of a person or thing, a generally highly studied and discriminating eulogy, not expected to be critical. It is derived from the Greek πανηγυρικός meaning "a speech fit for a general assembly"...
s with engraved portraits written by the 17th century notary and rederijker
Chamber of rhetoric
Chambers of rhetoric were dramatic societies in the Low Countries. Their members are called Rederijkers , from the french word 'rhétoricien', and during the 15th and 16th centuries were mainly interested in dramas and lyrics...
Cornelis de Bie
Cornelis de Bie
Cornelis de Bie was a Brabant rederijker, poet, jurist and minor politician from Lier.He is the author of about 64 works, mostly comedies...
. This work is considered to be a very important source of information on 17th century Southern Netherlandish artists and was later used as a source by the art historians such as Arnold Houbraken
Arnold Houbraken
Arnold Houbraken was a Dutch painter and writer from Dordrecht, now remembered mainly as a biographer of artists from the Dutch Golden Age. He had ten children. His son Jacobus Houbraken was an engraver of portraits and book illustrations, including books by his father...
and Jacob Campo Weyerman
Jacob Campo Weyerman
Jacob Campo Weyerman was an eccentric painter and writer during the period known as the Dutch Enlightenment. His work encompassed flower and fruit still life paintings, satirical magazines, plays, and biographies of painters...
. It was published in 1662, although the work also mentions 1661 as date of publication. Het Gulden Cabinet is part of the Basic Library of the dbnl (Database of Dutch Literature) which contains the 1000 most important works in Dutch literature from the Middle Ages to today.
Background and influence
Het Gulden Cabinet is an important work in a long standing tradition of artist biographies. This tradition goes back to PlinyPliny the Elder
Gaius Plinius Secundus , better known as Pliny the Elder, was a Roman author, naturalist, and natural philosopher, as well as naval and army commander of the early Roman Empire, and personal friend of the emperor Vespasian...
, but was most important during the Renaissance
Renaissance
The Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the Late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe. The term is also used more loosely to refer to the historical era, but since the changes of the Renaissance were not...
. In 1550, the Italian Giorgio Vasari
Giorgio Vasari
Giorgio Vasari was an Italian painter, writer, historian, and architect, who is famous today for his biographies of Italian artists, considered the ideological foundation of art-historical writing.-Biography:...
published his Vite and Karel van Mander was the first author to introduce this genre in the Dutch language
Dutch language
Dutch is a West Germanic language and the native language of the majority of the population of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname, the three member states of the Dutch Language Union. Most speakers live in the European Union, where it is a first language for about 23 million and a second...
with his Schilder-boeck
Schilder-boeck
The Schilder-Boeck is a book by the art historian Karel van Mander written in 1604. It was actually compiled from three books in total; the first was a translation from Giorgio Vasari's list of artist biographies called the Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, the...
of 1604. Cornelis de Bie explicitly places himself in the tradition of Van Mander, but wants to give an updated version of the work.
The concept of Het Gulden Cabinet did not come from Cornelis de Bie himself, but rather from the Antwerp publisher Jan Meyssen. In 1649, Meyssen had already published Image de divers hommes in imitation of Anthony van Dyck's Iconography. Most of the portraits in Het Gulden Cabinet had, in fact, previously been published in this Image de divers hommes and few new engravings were made especially for De Bie's work.
In his work, De Bie clearly presents himself as a rederijker
Chamber of rhetoric
Chambers of rhetoric were dramatic societies in the Low Countries. Their members are called Rederijkers , from the french word 'rhétoricien', and during the 15th and 16th centuries were mainly interested in dramas and lyrics...
whose duty it is to broadcast the fame of the artists. In this, he puts himself in a tradition of which also Alexander van Fornenbergh is an exponent.
The work is divided into three parts, the first of which deals with artists who had died before De Bie's time and this part relies heavily on Van Mander's work. The second part deals with artists living at the time of De Bie and is mostly based on original research by De Bie and on the comments added to the engravings. The third part deals with living sculptors and other artists who had been omitted in the first two parts.
Artists in Het Gulden Cabinet, Part I
- Adam van NoortAdam van NoortAdam van Noort was a Flemish painter and draughtsman.Van Noort was born and died in Antwerp. He was the teacher to both Peter Paul Rubens and Jacob Jordaens, the latter of whom became his son-in-law. Van Noort was dean of the Guild of St. Luke from 1597 until 1602...
p 37 - Otto van VeenOtto van VeenOtto van Veen, also known by his Latinized name Otto Venius or Octavius Vaenius, was a painter, draughtsman, and humanist active primarily in Antwerp and Brussels in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth century...
p 39 - Abraham BloemaertAbraham BloemaertAbraham Bloemaert was a Dutch painter and printmaker in etching and engraving. He was one of the "Haarlem Mannerists" from about 1585, but in the new century altered his style to fit new Baroque trends...
p 45 - Tobias Verhaeght p 47
- Adam ElsheimerAdam ElsheimerAdam Elsheimer was a German artist working in Rome who died at only thirty-two, but was very influential in the early 17th century. His relatively few paintings were small scale, nearly all painted on copper plates, of the type often known as cabinet paintings. They include a variety of light...
p 49 - Guido ReniGuido ReniGuido Reni was an Italian painter of high-Baroque style.-Biography:Born in Bologna into a family of musicians, Guido Reni was the son of Daniele Reni and Ginevra de’ Pozzi. As a child of nine, he was apprenticed under the Bolognese studio of Denis Calvaert. Soon after, he was joined in that...
p 52 - Petrus Paulus Rubens p 57
- Frans Snyders p 61
- Guiliam Nieulandt p 63
- Abraham JanssensAbraham JanssensAbraham Janssens van Nuyssen was a Flemish Baroque painter.He was born at Antwerp, in a year variously reported between 1567 and 1576. He studied under Jan Snellinck, was a master in 1602, and in 1607 was dean of the master-painters...
p 65 - Anthony van Dyck p 75
- Gillis MostaertGillis MostaertGillis Mostaert was a Southern Netherlandish painter.-Biography:According to Karel van Mander, Mostaert's father was from Hulst, near Antwerp. According to the RKD, he was a painter, but he sent his sons to his own father Jan Mostaert in Haarlem...
p 79 - Pieter BrueghelPieter Brueghel the ElderPieter Bruegel the Elder was a Flemish renaissance painter and printmaker known for his landscapes and peasant scenes . He is sometimes referred to as the "Peasant Bruegel" to distinguish him from other members of the Brueghel dynasty, but he is also the one generally meant when the context does...
p 89 - Adriaen BrouwerAdriaen BrouwerAdriaen Brouwer was a Flemish genre painter active in Flanders and the Dutch Republic in the seventeenth century.-Biography:...
p 91 - Gerard SeghersGerard SeghersGerard Seghers , also Zegers, was a Flemish Baroque painter and one of the leading Caravaggisti in the Southern Netherlands.-Biography:...
p 97 - Lodewijk de VadderLodewijk de VadderLodewijk de Vadder was a Flemish Baroque landscape painter and engraver.-Biography:He became a master of Antwerp's Guild of St. Luke in 1628, and learned painting from his father and brothers. He specialized in landscapes with woods, in the manner of his contemporary Jacques d'Arthois and his...
p 98 - Wenceslas CobergherWenceslas CobergherWenceslas Cobergher , sometimes called Wenzel Coebergher, was a Flemish Renaissance architect, engineer, painter, antiquarian, numismatist and economist. Faded somewhat into the background as a painter, he is chiefly remembered today as the man responsible for the draining of the Moëres on the...
p 101 - Jan Antonisz. van Ravesteyn p 102
- Palamedes PalamedeszPalamedes PalamedeszPalamedes Palamedesz , was a Dutch Golden Age painter, and younger brother of Anthonie Palamedes.-Biography:...
p 102 - Michiel van Mierevelt p 103
- Cornelis SchutCornelis SchutCornelis Schut was a Flemish Baroque painter, draughtsman and engraver active in Italy and Antwerp.-Biography:...
p 103 - Jan SnellinckJan SnellinckJan Snellinck was a Flemish artist and art collector.-Biography:A notable pupil of Snellinck was Abraham Janssens. According to Houbraken, he was overlooked by Karel van Mander, but he was a notable painter from Mechelen, famous in his day among royalty for his heroic paintings of battle scenes...
p 104 - Cornelis de VosCornelis de Vosright|thumb|Cornelis de Vos, Family portrait, 1631, 165 x 235 cm, Oil on canvas, [[Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp]]Cornelis de Vos , was a Flemish Baroque painter best known for his portraiture....
p 104 - Orazio GentileschiOrazio GentileschiOrazio Lomi Gentileschi was an Italian Baroque painter, one of more important painters influenced by Caravaggio...
p 105 - Andries van EertveltAndries van Eertvelt-Biography:He became a master in the Guild of St. Luke in 1609. He is registered in Genua from 1628–1630, where he lived with Cornelis de Wael. In 1630 he returned to Antwerp....
p 105 - Adriaen van UtrechtAdriaen van UtrechtAdriaen van Utrecht was a celebrated Flemish Baroque still life painter of the Antwerp school.-Career:Adriaen van Utrecht was, contrary to the suggestion of his name, a native of Antwerp. In 1614 he joined the studio of Herman de Neyt, painter and art dealer, as an apprentice, and was early...
p 106 - Willem BackereelWillem BackereelGuiliam or Willem Backereel , was a Flemish Baroque landscape painter.-Biography:According to Houbraken, who repeated the information from Joachim von Sandrart's Teutsche Academie, Willem Backereel was from a large painting family that always had a few brothers in Rome...
p 108 - Gilles Backereel p 108
- Jan de Wael IJan de Wael I-Biography:He was born in a painting family in Antwerp and became a student of Francois Franken van Herentals. He became a master in the Guild of St. Luke in 1584, and then travelled to Paris with the painter Jan de Mayer. He did quite well, and when he came back, he married Gertrude de Jode,...
p 108 - Joos van CraesbeeckJoos van Craesbeeck'Joos van Craesbeeck' was a Flemish painter who specialized in tavern interiors, tronies, and other works similar to his teacher Adriaen Brouwer. Born in Neerlinter , he became a master in Antwerp's guild of St...
p 109 - Abraham Matthys p 110
- Adam WillaertsAdam WillaertsAdam Willaerts was a Dutch Golden Age painter.-Biography:Willaerts was born in London to Flemish parents who had fled from Antwerp for religious reasons. By 1585 the family lived in Leiden. From 1597 until his death, Adam lived in Utrecht, where he became a member of the Guild of St...
p 111
- Jean Guiliam Bouwer p 113
- Nikolaus KnüpferNikolaus Knüpfer-Biography:Knüpfer was trained in Leipzig, where according to Houbraken he was apprenticed to Emanuel Nysen. He then moved to Magdeburg where he found work making brushes for artists. He stayed there until 1630, and then moved to Utrecht to work with Abraham Bloemaert...
p 115 - Jan van BijlertJan van BijlertJan Hermansz van Bijlert was a Dutch portrait painter in the style of Caravaggio.-Biography:Jan van Bijlert was born at Utrecht, the son of a the stained glass worker Herman Beernts van Bijlert, and became a student of Abraham Bloemaert. He moved to Amsterdam, where he married in 1625.. He...
p 117 - Jan van BalenJan van BalenJan van Balen was a Flemish Baroque painter.-Biography:He was the son of Hendrik van Balen and brother-in-law to Theodoor van Thulden. and was instructed by his father. After having made considerable progress in the art, his father sent him to Italy, where he had himself derived such advantage...
p 119 - Roelant SaveryRoelant SaveryRoelant Savery , was a Flanders-born Dutch Golden Age painter.-Life:Savery was born in Kortrijk...
p 125 - Johannes Parcelis p 126
- Jan WildensJan WildensJan Wildens was a Flemish Baroque painter and draughtsman specializing in landscapes.-Biography:Jan Wildens was born in Antwerp in 1586 and at the age of ten was apprenticed to Pieter Verhulst and entered Antwerp's guild of St. Luke in 1604 as a master...
p 126 - Hendrik vander Borght the elder p 127
- Jacob de BackerJacob de BackerJacob de Backer, also Jacques, was a Flemish Mannerist painter and draughtsman active in Antwerp between about 1571 and 1585.-Biography:According to the RKD he was born in Antwerp in c.1540/45 and died there c.1591-1600....
p 129 - Paulus MoreelsePaulus MoreelsePaulus Moreelse was a Dutch painter, mainly of portraits.-Life:Moreelse was born and died in Utrecht. He was a pupil of the Delft portrait painter Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt, who had himself been a pupil of Anthonie van Blocklandt. He took a study-trip to Italy, where he received many portrait...
p 131 - Hendrick ter BrugghenHendrick ter BrugghenHendrick Jansz ter Brugghen was a Dutch painter, and a leading member of the Dutch followers of Caravaggio — the so-called Dutch Caravaggisti.- Biography :...
p 132 - Deodat del MonteDeodat del MonteDeodat del Monte, or Deodatus Delmont was a Flemish Baroque architect, astronomer and painter....
p 133 - Peter vande Plas p 139
- Jacques BlanchardJacques BlanchardJacques Blanchard , also known as Jacques Blanchart, was a French baroque painter who was born in Paris. He was raised and taught by his uncle, the painter Nicolas Bollery...
p 139 - David Teniers the ElderDavid Teniers the ElderDavid Teniers the Elder , Flemish painter, was born at Antwerp.-Biography:Having received his first training in the painter's art from his brother Juliaen, he studied under Rubens in Antwerp, and subsequently under Elsheimer in Rome; he became a member of the Antwerp guild of painters in...
p 140 - David de Haen p 142
- Vincent MaloVincent MaloVincent Malo was a French painter.Between 1623 and 1634 he worked in Antwerp. During this period he was enlisted as master in the Antwerp Guild of St. Luke. He was a pupil of David Teniers the Elder and Peter Paul Rubens.-References:*s.n. 1997: 'Fiamminghi a Genova 1602-1656', in: BARNES, S. e.a....
p 143 - Franciscus Perreer p 143
- Jan van Hoeck p 143
- Adriaen van Nieulandt the youngerAdriaen van Nieulandt the youngerAdriaen van Nieulandt the Younger was a Dutch painter and engraver of the Baroque period.-Biography:...
p 146 - Peter Van Loon p 149
- PadovaninoAlessandro VarotariAlessandro Varotari , also commonly known as il Padovanino, was an Italian painter of the late-mannerist and early-baroque Venetian school, best known for having mentored Pietro Liberi, Giulio Carpioni, and Bartolommeo Scaligero.-Biography:Born in Padua, hence his nickname, he was the son of the...
p 150 - Lucas Franchois p 152
- Peter Franchois p 152
- Peter Soutemans p 154
- Pieter Neefs I p 155
- Dirck van BaburenDirck van BaburenDirck Jaspersz. van Baburen was a Dutch painter associated with the Utrecht Caravaggisti.-Biography:Dirck van Baburen was probably born in Wijk bij Duurstede, but his family moved to Utrecht when he was still young. He was also known as Teodoer van Baburen and Theodor Baburen...
p 155 - Jan Both p 156
- Pietro TestaPietro TestaPietro Testa was an Italian High Baroque artist, best known, both to his contemporaries and modern appreciation, as a printmaker and draftsman, who was active in Rome.-Biography:...
p 158 - Christoffel Jacob vander Laenen p 159
- David BeckDavid BeckDavid Beck , was a Dutch Golden Age portrait painter.-Biography:Beck was born in Delft, and was named after his uncle, a well-known poet from Arnhem. He was the son of a schoolmaster in Delft, where he learned painting from Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt, a prominent portrait painter in the Netherlands...
p 160 - Nicolaes vander Horst p 162
- Johann Matthias KagerJohann Matthias KagerJohann Matthias Kager was a German historical painter.-Biography:He was born at the Bavarian capital Munich, in 1566. He was originally a pupil of Pieter de Witte , but went to Rome when young, and spent several years there....
p 162 - Theodor Rombouts p 163
- Henrick de Clerck p 163
- Anthoni Salart p 163
- Gerrit van Honthorst p 164
- Thomas Willeborts Bossaert p 166
- Daniel van Alsloot p 168
- Jacques Focquier p 168
- Guiliam Mahue p 168
- Pieter van LaerPieter van LaerPieter van Laer was a Dutch Golden Age painter of genre scenes, active for over a decade in Rome, where his nickname was Il Bamboccio...
p 169 - Bonaventura PeetersBonaventura PeetersBonaventura Peeters was a Flemish Baroque painter who specialized in seascapes and shipwrecks, known as Zeekens .-Biography:...
p 171 - Jan Peeters p 172
- Franciscus Wouters p 174
- Hendrik AndriessensHendrik AndriessensHendrick Andriessen was a Flemish Baroque still-life painter.-Biography:According to Cornelis de Bie, he was born in Antwerp and died in Zeeland. He was known as Mancken Heyn, or crippled Hein, though his still-life paintings were highly regarded and weren't at all crippled. He joined the Guild of...
p 176
Artists in Het Gulden Cabinet, Part II
- Daniel SeghersDaniel SeghersDaniel Seghers was a Jesuit brother and Flemish Baroque painter who specialized in flower still lifes, and is particularly well-known for his contributions to the genre of "flower garland" painting. His paintings were collected enthusiastically by courtly patrons and he had numerous imitators...
p 213 - Jan Davidsz. de Heem p 216
- Pieter SnayersPieter SnayersPieter Snayers was a Flemish Baroque painter known for representations of historical battle scenes.Born in Antwerp, he studied under Sebastiaen Vrancx before joining Antwerp's Guild of St. Luke in 1612...
p 220 - Jacob van EsJacob van EsJacob van Es was a Flemish Baroque still life painter active in Antwerp. His restrained ontbijt pieces share many similarities to contemporaries Osias Beert and Clara Peeters, and typically show various foods on a sharply angled table in the foreground.-Sources:*Mulders, Christine van...
p 227 - Adriaan van StalbemtAdriaan van Stalbemt-Biography:According to Houbraken he was a very good landscape painter, and he decorated these landscapes with various figures and animals in such an ingenious way that he became quite popular. After the siege of Antwerp, his family moved to Middelburg, where he was probably educated. He returned...
p 228 - Lucas de WaelLucas de WaelLucas de Wael was a Flemish painter of the Baroque period, active in Italy, specifically Genoa.-Biography:He was born in a painting family in Antwerp as the son of the painter Jan de Wael I and Gertrude de Jode, making him a cousin of Pieter de Jode II. His brother, Cornelis de Wael accompanied...
p 229 - Cornelis de WaelCornelis de WaelCornelis de Wael was a Flemish painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Italy, specifically Genoa. He was born in Antwerp, the son of a painter, and died in Rome.-Biography:...
p 229 - Adriaan de Bie p 231
- Adriaen van de VenneAdriaen van de VenneAdriaen Pietersz van de Venne , was a versatile Dutch Golden Age painter of allegories, genre subjects and portraits, as well as a miniaturist, book-illustrator and designer of political satires and a versifier.-Biography:...
p 235 - Paul de VosPaul de VosPaul de Vos was a Flemish Baroque painter.De Vos was born in Hulst near Antwerp, now in the Dutch province of Zeeland. Like his older brother Cornelis and younger brother Jan, he studied under the little-known painter David Remeeus...
p 236 - Simon de VosSimon de VosSimon de Vos was a Flemish Baroque painter of genre and cabinet pictures.-Biography:De Vos studied with Cornelis de Vos , to whom he is not related, from 1615 until 1620. In 1620 he joined Antwerp's guild of St...
p 237 - Jacques Jordaens p 238
- Lucas van UdenLucas van UdenLucas van Uden was a Flemish Baroque painter specializing in landscapes.-Biography:Lucas van Uden was born in Antwerp, where he entered the guild of St. Luke in 1626–27. Although he was never part of Peter Paul Rubens's studio, his works are partly indebted to that master. Van Uden even made...
p 240 - Theodoor van ThuldenTheodoor van ThuldenTheodoor van Thulden was a Dutch Baroque artist from 's-Hertogenbosch in North Brabant who was active in that city and in Antwerp.-Biography:...
p 241 - Justus SustermansJustus SustermansJustus Sustermans , also known as Giusto Sustermans, was a Flemish painter in the Baroque style. He was born in Antwerp and died in Florence....
p 242 - Johannes Lievens p 243
- Simon VouetSimon VouetSimon Vouet was a French painter and draftsman, who today is perhaps best remembered for helping to introduce the Italian Baroque style of painting to France.-Life:...
p 243 - Gaspar de Crayer p 244
- Pieter Jansz. Saenredam p 246
- Abraham WillaertsAbraham WillaertsAbraham Willaerts was a Dutch Baroque painter, mostly of marine and harbor scenes.Willaerts was born in Utrecht, the son of the painter Adam Willaerts. He trained with his father, becoming a member of the Utrecht guild of painters in 1624, and studied under Jan van Bijlert in Utrecht and with...
p 247 - Jan Thomas van IeperenJan Thomas van IeperenJan Thomas van Ieperen was a Flemish Baroque painter and engraver active in Antwerp and at the Habsburg court in Vienna....
p 247 - Balthasar Gerbier p 248
- Salomon KoninckSalomon KoninckSalomon Koninck was a Dutch painter of genre scenes and portraits, and an engraver.Koninck was born in Amsterdam, the son of a goldsmith, originally from Antwerp, and was a nephew of Philips de Koninck. Salomon became a pupil of Pieter Lastman, David Colijns, François Venants and Claes...
p 250 - Justus van EgmontJustus van EgmontJustus van Egmont was a Dutch Golden Age painter and designer of tapestry.- Biography :...
p 251 - Carolus Creten p 251
- Leonardus Bramer p 252
- Jan van Bockhorst p 254
- François Eyckens p 255
- Jan Eyckens p 255
- Peter vander Borght p 255
- Cornelis Poulenbourgh p 257
- Ostadi p 258
- Herman Swaenvelt p 259
- Hans Haringh p 259
- Erasmus Quellinus p 260
- Claude LorrainClaude LorrainClaude Lorrain, , traditionally just Claude in English Claude Lorrain, , traditionally just Claude in English (also Claude Gellée, his real name, or in French Claude Gellée, , dit le Lorrain) Claude Lorrain, , traditionally just Claude in English (also Claude Gellée, his real name, or in French...
p 265 - Johannes Cossiers p 266
- David Bally p 271
- Philippe de ChampaignePhilippe de ChampaignePhilippe de Champaigne was a Flemish-born French Baroque era painter, a major exponent of the French school.-Early life:Born in Brussels of a poor family, Champaigne was a pupil of the landscape painter Jacques Fouquières...
p 273 - Alexander Andriaensen p 273
- Herman SaftlevenHerman SaftlevenHerman Saftleven the Younger , was a Dutch painter of the Baroque period.-Biography:Born in Rotterdam, Saftleven lived most of his life in Utrecht. His brothers, Cornelis Saftleven and Abraham Saftleven were both painters...
p 275 - Jacob Sandraet p 276
- Gerrit Dou p 277
- Jan WeenixJan WeenixJan Weenix or Joannis Wenix was a Dutch painter. He was trained by his father, Jan Baptist Weenix, together with his cousin Melchior d'Hondecoeter. Like his father, he devoted himself to a variety of subjects, but his fame is chiefly due to his paintings of dead game and of hunting scenes...
p 277 - Jan van Bronckhorst p 278
- Goovaert Flinck p 280
- Pietro da CortonaPietro da CortonaPietro da Cortona, by the name of Pietro Berrettini, born Pietro Berrettini da Cortona, was the leading Italian Baroque painter of his time and also one of the key architects in the emergence of Roman Baroque architecture. He was also an important decorator...
p 280 - Dirk van DelenDirk van DelenDirck Christiaensz van Delen was a Dutch Golden Age painter.- Biography :According to Houbraken, he was born in Heusden, and was a student of Frans Hals. In 1626 he moved to Zeeland and became mayor of Arnemuiden. He specialized in architectural studies.Shortly after he was born his parents moved...
p 281 - Francesco MalteseFrancesco MalteseFrancesco Fieravino was a Maltese painter in the baroque style, known for his still lifes and painted tapestries. He was, and remains, popularly known as "il Maltese", after the place of his birth. His pictures represent objects faithfully, by a large and vigorous handling. The colouration of his...
p 282 - Bartholomeus Vander Elst p 283
- Jean Francisco Datsent p 283
- Abraham van DiepenbeeckAbraham van DiepenbeeckAbraham van Diepenbeeck was an erudite and accomplished Dutch painter of the Flemish School.-Biography:...
p 284 - Giovanni Francesco RomanelliGiovanni Francesco RomanelliGiovanni Francesco Romanelli was an Italian painter of the Baroque.Romanelli was an Italian painter of the seventeenth century and trained in Rome in the studio of Pietro da Cortona, the leading painter of the time....
p 286 - Andreas Vacar p 297
- Nicolas PoussinNicolas PoussinNicolas Poussin was a French painter in the classical style. His work predominantly features clarity, logic, and order, and favors line over color. His work serves as an alternative to the dominant Baroque style of the 17th century...
p 297 - Peter Danckerse de Ry p 288
- Rembrandt p 290
- Peter van Aelst p 291
- Albaen p 291
- Daniel van HeilDaniel van Heil-Biography:According to Houbraken, who summarized a two-page poem about his work by Cornelis de Bie, Daniel van Heil was a Flemish painter who specialized in landscapes with winter scenes or burning fires. He was the brother of Jan Baptist van Heil and Leo van Heil....
p 292 - Cavailler Calabres p 294
- Giardino di Fiori p 295
- Gaspar Du Que p 295
- Andrea SacchiAndrea SacchiAndrea Sacchi was an Italian painter of High Baroque Classicism, active in Rome. A generation of artists who shared his style of art include the painters Nicolas Poussin and Giovanni Battista Passeri, the sculptors Alessandro Algardi and François Duquesnoy, and the contemporary biographer Giovanni...
p 296 - Bibiano p 296
- Michelangelo delle BattaglieMichelangelo CerquozziMichelangelo Cerquozzi was an Italian Baroque painter.Born and active mainly in Rome, he is best known for small canvases of genre scenes, and for being one of the Italian proponents of the Bamboccianti style practised by a Dutch painter in Rome, Pieter van Laer...
p 297 - Cornelis Janssens p 298
- Jacques d'ArthoisJacques d'ArthoisJacques d'Arthois was a Flemish Baroque painter who specialized in landscapes.-Biography:D'Arthois was born in Brussels. He was apprenticed to Jan Mertens on 11 January 1625 and became a master in the Brussels Guild of St. Luke in 1634...
p 300 - Salvator RosaSalvator RosaSalvator Rosa was an Italian Baroque painter, poet and printmaker, active in Naples, Rome and Florence. As a painter, he is best known as an "unorthodox and extravagant" and a "perpetual rebel" proto-Romantic.-Early life:...
p 303 - De Colonnen p 304
- Jan Benedetti Castilion p 305
- Hoscof p 305
- Peter van Lint p 306
- David Ryckaert p 308
- Monsieur Hans p 311
- Bernar p 311
- Patel p 311
- Nicolaes de Helt Stocade p 312
- Karel van Mander p 314
- Dominiquin p 315
- Gonzales Coques p 316
- Cavailler Massimo p 319
- De BruynDe BruynDe Bruyn or de Bruyn is a surname of Dutch origin. People with the name include:*Cornelis Adriaan Lobry van Troostenburg de Bruyn , Dutch chemist*Ettiene de Bruyn , South African cricketer*Frans De Bruyn , Flemish writer...
p 319 - Luigi PrimoLuigi PrimoLuis Primo was a Flemish painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Rome, painting portraits and altarpieces.Primo was born at Brussels, and went when young to Rome, where he spent thirty years. He was also nicknamed Luigi Gentile on account of his gentle manners...
p 320 - La Hiere p 327
- Peter Tysens p 328
- Lanfranck p 330
- Sébastien BourdonSébastien BourdonSébastien Bourdon was a French painter and engraver. His chef d'œuvre is The Crucifixion of St. Peter made for the cathedral of Notre Dame....
p 333 - David TeniersDavid TeniersDavid Teniers may refer to three Flemish artists, father, son, and grandson:*David Teniers the Elder , turned from large religious paintings to landscapes and genre scenes...
p 334 - Johannes Fyt p 339
- Robert van Hoeck p 340
- Jan Baptiste van Heil p 342
- Jan Philip van Thielen p 344
- Maria Theresa van ThielenMaria Theresa van ThielenMaria Theresia van Thielen was a Flemish Baroque painter.-Biography:Maria van Thielen was born into an artistic patrician family. According to Houbraken, she competed with her sisters Anna Maria and Francoise Katharina and was very successful. The sister Anna may well have been her aunt Anna,...
p 347 - Anna Maria van Thielen p 347
- Françoise Catharina van Thielen p 347
- Johannes Coeper p 348
- Franciscus de NeveFranciscus de NeveFranciscus or Frans de Neve , was a Flemish Baroque painter.-Biography:According to Houbraken he received praise while in Rome for his ability to paint according to nature. Houbraken quoted from a poem about him on page 349 of Cornelis de Bie's book Het Gulden Cabinet.According to the RKD in 1629...
p 349 - Pieter MeertPieter MeertPieter Meert was a Flemish painter of the Baroque period.He was born at Brussels. According the Gulden Cabinet published by Cornelis De Bie in 1662, Meert was well known as a portrait painter, imitating the style of Van Dyck. He died at Brussels...
p 350 - Anthonius Rocka p 353
- Jan PeetersJan Peeters IJohannes Peeters was a Flemish Baroque painter who specialized in seascapes and shipwrecks, known as Zeekens .-Biography:...
p 354 - Peter Boel p 362
- Johannes van Heck p 365
- Gaspar van Eyck p 367
- Jan Meel p 368
- Cornelis de HeemCornelis de HeemCornelis de Heem was a still-life painter associated with both Flemish Baroque and Dutch Golden Age painting...
p 369 - Johannes de Duyts p 370
- Jan Sibrechts p 373
- Joris van SchootenJoris van SchootenJoris van Schooten was the brother of Frans van Schooten and a Dutch Golden Age painter.-Biography:According to Houbraken he was born with a talent for drawing, and his teachers were upset that he drew animals on everything he was given...
p 373 - Lucas Franchois p 374
- Karel DujardinKarel DujardinKarel Dujardin was a Dutch painter.-Biography:Karel Dujardin was a Dutch painter and etcher, born in Amsterdam in 1622. Although active as a portrait and history painter, he is best known for his Italianate landscapes. Typical of his landscape paintings is Farm Animals in the Shade of a Tree...
p 377 - Carel van SavoyenCarel van SavoyenCarel van Savoyen , also known as Carlo da Savoia, was a Flemish painter of the Baroque period.-Biography:He was the brother of the painter Filips van Savoyen. He became betrothed on 20 April 1649 with Catharina Wandelman, saying then he was 28 years of age, and from then on lived and painted in...
p 378 - Peter van Bredael p 380
- Hendrik van der Borcht IIHendrik van der Borcht IIHendrik van der Borcht II was a German Baroque painter.-Biography:He learned to paint from his father, Hendrik van der Borcht the elder. Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel, passing through Frankfurt, became his patron in 1636 when he was only 22, taking him along on a Grand Tour of Italy...
p 382 - Peter Tentenier p 384
- Gysbrecht de Hondecoten p 384
- Peter LelyPeter LelySir Peter Lely was a painter of Dutch origin, whose career was nearly all spent in England, where he became the dominant portrait painter to the court.-Life:...
p 385 - Cornelis van Berchom p 385
- Jan MeyssensJan MeyssensJoannes, Jean, or Jan Meyssens , was a Flemish Baroque painter, engraver, and printer.-Biography:According to the RKD he was born in Brussels, but moved to Antwerp at an early age, where he became master of the Guild of St. Luke in 1640. He married Anna Jacobs . He influenced Theodoor van Merlen...
p 386 - Nicolaes van Eyck p 388
- Philippus Fruytiers p 389
- Antonius Goebouw p 390
- Peter de Witte p 393
- Gaspar de WitteGaspar de WitteCaspar, Jasper, or Gaspar de Witte was a Flemish painter of the Baroque period.-Biography:He was born into a respected painting family...
p 394 - Joris van SonJoris van SonJoris van Son was a highly popular Flemish Baroque painter of fruit and flowers, in banquet style on a plank, but also in garland form.-Biography:...
p 402 - Frans van Mieris the Elder p 404
- Franciscus Verwilt p 405
- Jan Baptist van DeynumJan Baptist van Deynum-Biography:According to Houbraken, who summarized a three-page poem about his work by Cornelis de Bie, Jan Baptist van Deynum was a respected Flemish painter who quit his job as "hopman" of a schutterij in Antwerp in order to have more time for painting...
p 406 - Johannes van Kessel p 409
- Gysbrecht ThysGysbrecht Thys-Biography:According to Houbraken he was born in Antwerp and became a portrait painter in the style of Anthony van Dyck. Houbraken took his information from Cornelis de Bie's Het Gulden Cabinet, p 412....
p 412 - Martin RyckaertMartin RyckaertMartin Ryckaert, also Maerten or Marten Rijkaert was a Flemish Baroque painter. A member of the Ryckaert family of artists, Martin was the son of David Ryckaert I, the younger brother of David Ryckaert II, and the uncle of David Ryckaert III.-Biography:Born and raised in Antwerp, Martin was a...
p 413 - Artus WolffortArtus WolffortArtus Wolffort , also Wolffaert, was a Flemish Baroque painter from Antwerp.-Biography:He studied first in Dordrecht, where his family had emigrated in 1581, and after his return to Antwerp around 1615 in the studio of Otto van Veen...
p 413 - Geeraert van Hoochstadt p 413
- Guiliam de Vos p 413
- Maarten PepynMaarten PepynMaarten Pepyn was a Flemish Baroque painter.-Biography:It is unknown who taught him how to paint, but he became a master of Antwerp's guild of St. Luke in 1600. The following year he married Maria Huybrechts. Together they had five children, of whom a son and a daughter became painters...
p 413 - Hendrik Berckmans p 414
Artists in Het Gulden Cabinet, Part III
- François DuquesnoyFrançois DuquesnoyFrançois Duquesnoy was a Baroque sculptor in Rome. His more idealized representations are often contrasted with the emotional character of Bernini's works, while his style shows greater affinity to Algardi's sculptures....
p 442 - Bernini p 445
- Cornelis Danckerts de RyCornelis Danckerts de RyCornelis Danckerts de Ry , was a Dutch Golden Age architect and sculptor.-Biography:According to the RKD he was the son of the architect Cornelis Danckerts , brother of the builder Hendrick Danckerts I, and father of the painter Pieter Danckerts de Rij, who painted a portrait of both his parents.In...
p 446 - Johannes van Milder p 448
- Huybrecht vanden Eynden p 449
- Cornelis CortCornelis CortCornelis Cort was a Dutch engraver and draughtsman. He spent the last 12 years of his life in Italy, where he was known as Cornelio Fiammingo.-Biography:...
p 450 - Theodorus Galle p 452
- Lucas Vorstermans the Elder p 453
- Dirck Coornhert p 454
- Andreas Colyns de Nole p 456
- Carolus de Malleri p 456
- Robertus van Voors p 457
- Hendrik de Keyser p 458
- Cornelis VisscherCornelis VisscherCornelis Visscher , was a Dutch Golden Age engraver and the brother of Jan de Visscher and Lambert Visscher.-Biography:...
p 461 - Jan Sadeler p 462
- Raphael Sadeler p 464
- Jacobus de Breuck p 472
- Jan Witdoeck p 473
- Nicolaes Lauwers p 473
- Jacobus Matham p 474
- Boetius Adams Bolswert p 476
- Schelte Adams Bolswert p 476
- Johannes Baptista Barbe p 477
- Jacques Francquaert p 478
- Cornelis Galle the Elder p 480
- Cornelius Galle the YoungerCornelius GalleCornelius Galle , also called "Cornelius Galle the Younger," was the grandson of Philip Galle and, like his father and his grandfather, an engraver. Cornelius the Younger is most notable for his engravings of works by Peter Paul Rubens.- References :...
p 480 - Jeremias Valck p 481
- Claude Melan p 481
- Egidius Sadeler p 482
- Cornelis BloemaertCornelis BloemaertCornelis Bloemaert II , was a Dutch Golden Age painter and engraver.-Biography:Bloemaert was born at Utrecht. He studied with his father, Abraham Bloemaert, his brothers Hendrick and Adriaan, and his father's pupil, Gerard van Honthorst...
p 485 - Mattheus Mereaen p 485
- Hendricus Hondius p 486
- Egidius Rousselet p 490
- Robert Nantuel p 491
- Nicolaes Loyer p 491
- Pieter de Jode IPieter de Jode IPetrus, or Pieter de Jode I was a Flemish Baroque painter and engraver.-Biography:He learned drawing and engraving first from his father, the map maker Gerard de Jode, and later from Hendrik Goltzius. His engravings of Italian master paintings became a source for Karel van Mander...
p 492 - Jan Cardon p 494
- Jean Le Potre p 495
- Paulus PontiusPaulus Pontius-Biography:Paulus Pontius, an eminent Flemish engraver, was born at Antwerp in 1603, and was instructed in the art of engraving by Lucas Vorsterman; but he improved his designs by the advice and friendship of Rubens, from whose works he engraved many admirable plates...
p 496 - Johannes Saenredam p 498
- Lanfan p 499
- Lucas FaydherbeLucas FaydherbeLucas Faydherbe was a Flemish sculptor and architect.-Biography:...
p 500 - Michiel Lane p 502
- Alexander del Garde p 503
- Artus QuellinusArtus QuellinusArtus Quellinus also known as Artus Quellijn, Artus I Quellinus or Artus Quellinus the Elder , was a Flemish sculptor.-Life:...
p 504 - Michiel Natalis p 507
- Bertholet Flemael p 507
- Abraham BosseAbraham BosseAbraham Bosse was a French artist, mainly as a printmaker in etching, but also in watercolour.-Life:...
p 508 - Perelle p 509
- Gerard van OpstalGérard Van OpstalGérard Van Opstal was a sculptor from the Spanish Netherlands. A brilliant representative of the Brussels School of sculpture, he moved to Paris and became one of the founders of France's Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture. The Louvre holds very delicate ivory sculptures by him of putti...
p 509 - Pieter de Jode IIPieter de Jode II-Biography:He learned drawing and engraving from his father, Pieter de Jode I , whose engravings were a source for Karel van Mander. He travelled to Paris with him to make engravings, and on his return he married Justa Galle, the widow of Adriaen Collaert and the daughter of Philip Galle.He started...
p 510 - Sebastiaen de Neve p 512
- M Koesel p 512
- Guiliam Gabron p 517
- Charles Emanuel Biset p 518
- Johannes WierixWierix familyThe Wierix family were a Flemish dynasty of printmakers in engraving in the 16th and early 17th centuries, active in Antwerp and Brussels....
p 520 - Jeronimus Wierix p 520
- Anthonius WierixWierix familyThe Wierix family were a Flemish dynasty of printmakers in engraving in the 16th and early 17th centuries, active in Antwerp and Brussels....
p 520 - Charles Erpard p 520
- François Polly p 521
- Nicolaes Polly p 521
- Jacques CallotJacques CallotJacques Callot was a baroque printmaker and draftsman from the Duchy of Lorraine . He is an important figure in the development of the old master print...
p 522 - Leo van HeilLeo van Heil-Biography:According to Cornelis de Bie, Leo van Heil was a Flemish painter who specialized in flowers and insects, who had two famous brothers; his brother Jan Baptist van Heil was a portrait painter considered the best of the three, and his brother Daniel van Heil specialized in landscapes with...
p 526 - Lenaert van Orley p 528
- Theodor MathamTheodor MathamTheodor Matham, also Theodoor Matham was a Dutch engraver. He was the younger son of the better known engraver Jacob Matham, and the brother of the engravers Jan and Adriaen Matham....
p 528 - Peter vander Willighe p 529
- Peeter VerbruggenPieter Verbrugghen IPieter Verbrugghen I was a Flemish sculptor. His brother in law, Artus I Quellin, had a studio in Antwerp.-Biography:His biography, accompanied by an illustration, was published in Cornelis de Bie's book of artists Het Gulden Cabinet, 1668...
p 530 - Nicolas PitauNicolas PitauNicolas Pitau, or Pittou the Senior was a Flemish engraver and printmaker.Born in Antwerp on 13 May 1632 Pitau began his training with his godfather Nicolaes Lauwers , and his son Conrad Lauwers in around 1650.In 1656 Pitau moved to Paris with Conrad, where he began producing etched plates after...
p 532 - Jacobus Pitau p 532
- Johannes van der Borght p 532
- Villamena p 533
- Simon BosboomSimon BosboomSimon Bosboom , was a Dutch architect and writer.-Biography:He was active as an architect in England and Germany, before working on an almshouse for the city council of Nijmegen in 1640. , His son Dirk, who later became an engraver, was born in Nijmegen in 1641...
p 546 - Peeter van Schuppen p 548
- Francesco FanelliFrancesco FanelliFrancesco Fanelli was an Italian sculptor, born in Florence, who spent most of his career in England.He is recorded at work in Genoa in 1609-10 then worked in London from about 1610, as a sculptor in ivory — Joachim von Sandrart mentions an ivory statuette of Pygmalion that attracted the attention...
p 549 - Wenceslaus Hollar p 550
- Franciscus vander Steen p 552
- Lucas VorstermanLucas VorstermanLucas Vorsterman was a Baroque engraver. He worked with the artists Peter Paul Rubens and Anthony van Dyck, as well as for patrons such as Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel and Charles I of England....
p 553 - Jacobus Neefs p 553
- Artus Quellinus II p 554
- Franciscus Du Sart p 556
- Anna Schuermans p 557
- Catharina PeetersCatharina PeetersCatharina Peeters was the sister of Bonaventuur Peeters, Jan Peeters I, and Gillis Peeters. They were all Flemish Baroque painters noted for painting seascapes.-Biography:...
p 558 - Johanna VergouwenJohanna VergouwenJohanna Vergouwen was a Flemish Baroque painter.-Biography:According to the RKD, she was brought up in a family of painters....
p 558 - Stephanus de la Belle p 560
- Coenrard Lauwers p 562
Second edition
De Bie seems to have planned a second edition of the work, but this was never published. A personal manuscript of De Bie is still extant in the Royal Library of BelgiumRoyal Library of Belgium
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. In this manuscript he clearly mentions his plan to have the second edition published. This manuscript is dated in 1672. The reason why it never happened is unclear, although the publisher of the first edition, Jan Meyssen had died in 1670 and it is plausible that he did not find another publisher.