The true effigies of the most eminent painters and other famous artists that have flourished in Europe curiously engraven on copper-plates : together with an account of the time when they lived, the most remarkable passages of their lives, and most considerable works ...

Abstract

Engraved by T. Gallaeus and J. Mijtens. Cf. BM. Text by Sebastiano Resta. Cf. NUC pre-1956. Place of publication from BM. Pt. 1 consists of 22 portraits preceded by an engraved t.p. which reads: Illustrium quos Belgium habuit pictorum effigies. Antverpiae : Apud Theodorum Gallaeum. Pt. 2 contains 99 portraits with an engraved t.p. which reads: Image de divers hommes d'esprit. Anvers : Mis en lumiere par Iean Meyssens, 1649. Title page of pt. 1 preceded by an illustrated, engraved t.p. which reads: Het gulden cabinet van de edele vry schilder-const / Corn. de Bie. 1662. Reproduction of original in Cambridge University Library.