The ''German Academy of the Noble Arts of Architecture, Sculpture and Painting'', or ''Teutsche Academie'', refers to a comprehensive dictionary of art by Joachim von Sandrart published in the late 17th century. The first version was published in 1675 and it included a compilation of artist biographies that were later accompanied by illustrations by

Richard Collin Richard Collin (1626, Luxembourg – 1698, Brussels), was an engraver from Luxembourg. Biography According to the RKD he was a pupil of Joachim von Sandrart in Rome, and became a master in the Antwerp Guild of St. Luke in 1650–1651.

for a 1683 Latin edition by Christianus Rhodius. The list of portrait illustrations follows and is in page order. Most of the biographies were translated into German from earlier work by Karel van Mander and Cornelis de Bie, but Sandrart had travelled extensively in Europe and added many original biographies of German-born artists to his list. The illustrated portraits of artists born before his time were mostly based on 17th-century engravings by

Hieronymus Cock Hieronymus Cock, or Hieronymus Wellens de Cock (1518 – 3 October 1570) was a Flemish painter and etcher as well as a publisher and distributor of prints.

and

Jan Meyssens Joannes (Johannes, Jan, or Jean) Meyssens (17 May 1612 – 18 September 1670), was a Flemish Baroque painter, engraver, and print publisher. Life He was born in Brussels, but moved to Antwerp at an early age, where he became master of the Gu ...

, many of which had also been re-published in De Bie's

Het Gulden Cabinet ''Het Gulden Cabinet vande Edel Vry Schilder-Const'' or ''The Golden Cabinet of the Noble Liberal Art of Painting'' is a book by the 17th-century Flemish notary and ''Chamber of rhetoric, rederijker'' Cornelis de Bie published in Antwerp. Writte ...

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* ''Teutscher Academie der Edlen Bau, Bild- und Mahlerey-Künste'' (1675–80)Sandrart.net
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