Drawing of Cornelis Poelenburgh (1594 or 1595-1667), Dutch painter and draughtsman, one of the first generation of Dutch italianates. He worked in the Court of Charles 1.
Alternative Title:
Cornelis Poelenburgh and Cornelius Polenburg
Description:
Title in ink below image in Horace Walpole's hand: Corn. Poelenburgh pictor., Signed in pencil, lower right: G.V., George Vertue, English artist, 1684-1756., Engraved portrait by T. Chambars in Anecdotes of painting in England entitled "Cornelius Polenburg" and identifies the work as a self portrait by the artist: ipse pinxit., and Drawing that was used as a basis for an engraving of Poelenburgh in: Anecdotes of painting in England / by Mr. Horace Walpole. [Strawberry-Hill] : Printed by Thomas Farmer at Strawberry-Hill, MDCCLXII [1762], v. 2, opp. p. 103.
Drawing of Cormelius Johnson (1593-1661), English born painter. During the English Civil War, moved to Netherlands in late 1643; believed to have died in Utrecht in 1661
Alternative Title:
Cornelius Janson
Description:
Title from item., Drawing that was used as a basis for an engraving of Johnson in: Anecdotes of painting in England / by Mr. Horace Walpole. [Strawberry-Hill] : Printed by Thomas Farmer at Strawberry-Hill, MDCCLXII [1762], v. 2, opp. p. 4., and George Vertue, English artist, 1684-1756.
Drawing of Daniel Mytens (ca. 1590-1674), painter born in Delft in the northern Netherlands. He moved to London in the mid-1610s where his patrons included many members of the royal court and later King James I and Charles I. He returned to The Hague in 1630 where he worked as an art dealer
Alternative Title:
Daniel Mytens pictor magna Britannia Regis
Description:
Title from item., Signed in pencil, lower right: G.V., Drawing that was used as a basis for an engraving of Mytens in: Anecdotes of painting in England / by Mr. Horace Walpole. [Strawberry-Hill] : Printed by Thomas Farmer at Strawberry-Hill, MDCCLXII [1762], v. 2, opp. p. 7. Artist indentified as: Ant. van Dyck pinxt., and George Vertue, English artist, 1684-1756.
Title from item., Signed in ink, lower right under image: G. Vertue del., Inscription in ink, in 18th century hand, lower right: from an orig in Poses. Mr. Crawley at Hampsted, Hartforsh. An other orig. drawn in Poses. Mr. Rosse., Inscription in ink, in 18th century hand, lower left: H. Famossmo Pittore Francesco Clein Miracolo dell Secolo. I molto esti mato dell. R. Carlo della grande Britagna. 1646., Drawing that was later used for an engraving published in : Anecdotes of painting in England, with some account of the principal artists / by Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Farmer, 1762, v. 2, p. 127., and George Vertue, English artist, 1684-1756.
Drawing of Federico Zuccaro (ca. 1540-1609), Italian born painter, draughtsman and writer, brother of Taddeo Zuccaro
Description:
Title from inscription below image., Inscription in ink, lower right: in poses[n] Mr. T. Gibson paint., Drawing that was used as a basis for an engraving of Zucchero in: Anecdotes of painting in England / by Mr. Horace Walpole. [Strawberry-Hill] : Printed by Thomas Farmer at Strawberry-Hill, MDCCLXII [1762], v. 1, opp. p. 140., and George Vertue, English artist, 1684-1756.
Drawing of Egbert van Hemskirk, Dutch artist, who was also active in England
Alternative Title:
Egbert van Hemskirk
Description:
Title from caption below image., Drawing that was later used in an engraving of John Riley: Anecdotes of painting in England / by Horace Walpole. London : J. Dodsley, 1782, v. 3, p. 122., and George Vertue, English artist, 1684-1756.
Drawing of Jan Wyck (or John Wijck) (1566-1640), Flemish born painter, son of Thomas Wyck (ca. 1616-1677). Settled in England where he excelled at depicting battle scenes
Alternative Title:
Jan Wyck battle painter
Description:
Title from inscription in ink below image., Signed in ink, lower right: G. V., Inscription in pencil, lower left: [illegible]., Drawing that was used as a basis for an engraving of Wyck in: Anecdotes of painting in England / by Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry-Hill : Printed in the year MDCCLXIII, [1763], v. 3, opp. p. 133., and George Vertue, English artist, 1684-1756.
Drawing of Rolland LeFebvre (1608-1677), French born painter ; moved to England about 1676 and died in London 1677
Alternative Title:
LeFebvre
Description:
Title from item., Drawing that was later used in an engraving of Le Fevre: Anecdotes of painting in England / by Horace Walpole. Strawbery-Hill : Printed in the year MDCCLXIII, 1783, v. 3, opp. p. 29., and George Vertue, English artist, 1684-1756.