Joannes van der Brugghen

Portrait of Joannes van der Brugghen, engraved by himself after a painting by Nicolas de Largillière.

Joannes van der Brugghen, known in France as Jean vander Bruggen, (1639 – c. 1740) was a Flemish painter, engraver, art dealer and publisher who was active in Antwerp and Paris.[1]

Life

Joannes van der Brugghen engraved a self-portrait in 1689. The print states that he was born in 1639 in Brussels. It is not clear with whom he trained but he is registered as a master in the Antwerp Guild of St. Luke in 1679.[1] In 1689 he moved to Paris, where he was active as an engraver, dealer and publisher.[1][2]

The artist was a friend and great admirer of Raymond Lafage, a French artist who is notable for his mythological prints and drawings.[3] This admiration is expressed in a poem at the bottom of his engraved self-portrait of 1839. The poem was written (in part) by the famous French author Jean de La Fontaine.[4] The self-portrait was made after a painting by Nicolas de Largillière. It was part of a set of prints after designs by Lafage that van der Brugghen published that year in memory of Lafage and sold from his house in Paris.[4] The title of the work was Recueil des meilleurs desseins de Raimond La Fage gravé par cinq des plus habiles graveurs : Et mis en lumière par les soins de Vander-Bruggen (Collection of the best designs of Raimond La Fage engraved by five of the most skilled engravers: And published through the efforts of Vander-Bruggen).[2]

It is not known when or where the artist died. The time of his death is estimated to be some time between 1730 and 1750.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Joannes van der Brugghen". Netherlands Institute for Art History. (in Dutch)
  2. 1 2 De liggeren en andere historische archieven der Antwerpsche sint Lucasgilde listing archives from 1453-1615, by Ph. Rombouts and Th. van Lerius, Antwerp, 1872, p, 469, on Google books (in Dutch)
  3. ↑ Joan vander Brugge Biography in De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) by Arnold Houbraken (in Dutch)
  4. 1 2 Oeuvres de La Fontaine, Oeuvres Diverses Tome II, Volume 6. p. 300. (in French)

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