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Bonaventura van Overbeek (1660–1705) was a Dutch Golden Age draughtsman and engraver.
in ''De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen'' (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the
in the
Bonaventura van Overbeek
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Overbeek's ''Les restes de l'ancienne Rome''
on Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix (university of Wallonie-Bruxelles) website {{DEFAULTSORT:Overbeek, Bonaventura van 1660 births 1705 deaths Dutch Golden Age printmakers Artists from Amsterdam Members of the Bentvueghels
Bonaventura van Overbeek (1660–1705) was a Dutch Golden Age draughtsman and engraver.
Biography
Overbeek was born and died inAmsterdam
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. According to Houbraken, he drew the Roman ruins from life and, while in Rome, he joined the Bentvueghels with the nickname ''Romulus''.Bonaventura van Overbeek mentionedin ''De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen'' (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the
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He published several etchings of his drawings, but also published a book with descriptions of the major sites of Rome in 1708, that he had dedicated to the English princess Anna – he died before publication and the book was published by his nephew Michiel van Overbeke. Bonaventura was born a year too late for Houbraken's third volume on artists, and perhaps it was Houbraken's notes that Jan van Gool used for his 7-page biographical sketch of him.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.
's Nieuwe Schouburg, pp 154-171
According to the RKD his cousin Michiel van Overbeke published his prints after his death (, Amsterdam 1708).Bonaventura van Overbeekin the
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He is known for italianate landscapes and was a pupil of Gerard de Lairesse
Gerard or Gérard (de) Lairesse (11 September 1641 – June 1711) was a Dutch Golden Age painter and art theorist. His broad range of skills included music, poetry, and theatre. De Lairesse was influenced by the Perugian Cesare Ripa and Fr ...
. He travelled to Rome and drew the antiquities, and after he returned was welcomed back by De Lairesse, who took him in. He started to collect plaster casts and drawings, with a view to writing a book on art history. In all he travelled to Rome three times, and his great Latin work on Roman ruins published in 1708 was translated from Latin into French as ' in 1709.
References
Bonaventura van Overbeek
on Artnet
Overbeek's ''Les restes de l'ancienne Rome''
on Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix (university of Wallonie-Bruxelles) website {{DEFAULTSORT:Overbeek, Bonaventura van 1660 births 1705 deaths Dutch Golden Age printmakers Artists from Amsterdam Members of the Bentvueghels