The Lives of Dutch painters and paintresses

The Lives of Dutch painters and paintresses

Frontispiece of first volume with portrait of Otto van Veen
Author	Jacob Campo Weyerman
Original title	De levens-beschryvingen der Nederlandsche konst-schilders en konst-schilderessen
Language	Dutch
Subject	Artist biographies
Publisher	Jacob Campo Weyerman
Publication date	1729–1769
Publication place	Netherlands

The Lives of Dutch painters and paintresses, or De levens-beschryvingen der Nederlandsche konst-schilders en konst-schilderessen, as it was originally known in Dutch, is a series of artist biographies with engraved portraits written by the 18th-century painter Jacob Campo Weyerman. It was published in four volumes as a sequel to Arnold Houbraken's own list of biographies known as the Schouburgh. The first volume appeared in 1729, and the last volume was published in 1769. This work is considered to be a very important source of information on 17th-century artists of the Netherlands, specifically those artists who worked in The Hague and in London.