Ifigeniako Sakrifizioa
Ifigeniako Sakrifizioa (Het offer van Iphigenia) c1690-1700 by Dutch Painter Arnold Houbraken (1660 – 1719); as well as a writer. He was a painter of mythological and religious themes, as well as a portrait and landscape painter; his best known work being The Great Theatre of Dutch Painters (1718–1721). Today he is best remembered as a biographer of Dutch Golden Age painters.
The Sacrifice of Iphigenia is a Greek Mythological story in which Agamemnon on his way to the Trojan War, Artemis jainkosa iraintzen du; and in retaliation she prevents the Greek troops from reaching Troy, unless Agamemnon sacrifices Iphigenia at Aulis, Greziako portu-herri bat antzinako Beozian kokatua Grezia erdialdean, Euripus itsasartean, Eubea uhartearen parean.
The Sacrifice of Iphigenia is a retouched digital art old masters reproduction of a public domain image that is available as a mihise inprimatu sarean, as well as acrylic, metal and wood prints.
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Houbraken was sent first to learn thread twisting (Twyndraat) from Johannes de Haan, who introduced him to engraving.
After two years of studying with Johannes de Haan, he then studied art with Willem van Drielenburch (1632 – 1687), who he was with during the rampjaar of 1672, (when French King Louis XIV in an alliance with the King of England William III, Cologne and Münster (both German States at the time) attacked the Dutch Republic in overwhelming force).
He then studied for 9 months with Dutch Golden Age Painter Jacobus Leveck (1634 – 1675), who was trained by Rembrandt; and finally, he spent four more years with Dutch Painter Samuel van Hoogstraten (1627 – 1678).
Arnold Houbraken painted mythological and religious paintings, erretratuak eta paisaiak, and is best known for the art historical work, The Great Theatre of Dutch Painters (1718 – 1721).
When he died his son Jacob assisted his mother with the last proofs of the manuscript before publishing. Houbraken first attempt at an instructive manual for artists was his Emblem book, Inhoud van ‘t Sieraad der Afbeelding; which was meant as a guide of possible painting themes.