The ''Geschiedenis der Vaderlandsche Schilderkunst'', often called ''Van Eynden and Van der Willigen'', is a 19th-century dictionary of artist biographies from the

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published 1816-1842. The reference work was started by Roeland van Eynden, a painter and writer from the Northern Netherlands, as a follow-up to the work published by Arnold Houbraken and

Jan van Gool Johan, or Jan van Gool (1685–1763), was a Dutch painter and writer from The Hague, now remembered mainly as a biographer of artists from the Dutch Golden Age. Life Jan van Gool was a pupil of Simon van der Does and Mattheus Terwesten.

.''Geschiedenis der Vaderlandsche Schilderkunst''
on the Huygens website The work was published first in two volumes listing painters active before 1800. The third volume was published with contemporary painters, and it was finished after Van Eynden's death by publishing a 4th volume with corrections and additions which was written by his friend and colleague,

Adriaan van der Willigen Adriaan van der Willigen (1766, Rotterdam – 1841, Haarlem) was a Dutch writer of plays and travelogues who is mostly remembered today for his comprehensive list of painter biographies. Biography He was born in Rotterdam, but six months late ...

, a Dutch writer known for his travelogues.

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