Art and Heterodoxy in the Dutch Enlightenment ; Arnold Houbraken, the Flemish Mennonites, and Religious Difference in The Great Theatre of Netherlandish Painters and Painteresses (1718–1721)

Abstract This paper considers the artist Arnold Houbraken (1660–1719) as an unconventional Christian and sheds new light on his representation of artists from religious minority groups in his Great Theatre of Netherlandish Painters and Painteresses (1718–1721). By exploring Houbraken’s years within the Flemish Mennonite milieu in Dordrecht (1660–ca. 1685) and investigating his representation of religious difference in his biographies within The Great Theatre , this study extends scholarship on Houbraken beyond the current focus on his later years as a writer in Amsterdam, and it offers finding... Mehr ...