De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen : waar van 'er veele met hunne beeltenissen ten tooneel verschynen, en hun levensgedrag en konstwerken beschreven worden: zynde een vervolg op het Schilderboek van K. v. Mander ...
A Dutch biographical dictionary of painters and paintresses, written and etched by Arnold Houbraken as a sequel to Karel van Mander's Schilderboek, issued in this three-volume Hague edition of 1753 for collectors, connoisseurs and artists. The plates group three to five engraved portrait heads per page inside oval and rectangular frames, propped against curtains, windows, easels and palettes, offering designers ready-made portrait medallions, framing devices and fine stipple-and-line modelling of faces, ruffs and long curled hair.
