Arnoud van Halen (1673,

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– 1732,

), was an 18th-century painter from the

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Biography

According to

Houbraken Houbraken is a Dutch-language surname. People with this surname include: *Antonina Houbraken Antonina Houbraken (30 May 1686 – December 1736) was an 18th-century Dutch draughtswoman who is known for her many topographical drawings of Dutc ...

he painted Christoffel Pierson's portrait for his Panpoeticon Batavum (cabinet of poets), which held portraits of over 100 people by the time Houbraken was writing (1712).Arnoud van Halen Biography
in ''De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen'' (1718) by

Arnold Houbraken Arnold Houbraken (28 March 1660 – 14 October 1719) was a Dutch painter and writer from Dordrecht, now remembered mainly as a biographer of Dutch Golden Age painters. Life Houbraken was sent first to learn ''threadtwisting'' (Twyndraat) fr ...

, courtesy of the

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he was also known as Arend or Aquila van Halen. He is known for portraits and engravings, also titlepages of books.Arnoud van Halen
in the

References

Arnoud van Halen
portrait by Christoffel Lubienitzki at the

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A. van Halen
at the

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