Jacobus Houbraken
Date1770
Engraver
Jacobus Houbraken
(1698-1780)
After work by
Hendrik Pothoven
MediumBlack and white line engraving and etching
DimensionsOH: 7 1/2" x OW: 5 1/8" (trimmed to platemark)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1993-37
DescriptionText on the plinth reads: "JACOBUS HOUBRAKEN,/ Gebooren te Dordrecht, den 25 December 1698."Lower margin reads: "H. Pothoven, ad viv. delin 1769./ J. Houbraken, sculpsit 1770."
Label TextThis is a portrait of the Dutch engraver Jacobus Houbraken (1697-1780) after a drawing by Hendrik Pothoven and engraved by Houbraken himself. He is depicted with the tools the engraver's trade. He holds a copperplate and in the other hand a burin rests on an engraver's pad.
1735
1738-1742
March 23, 1744
