The Life of Lambert Lombard (1565); and Effigies of Several Famous Painters from the Low Countries (1572)

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Dominicus LampsoniusEdited and translated by Edward H. Wouk, with translation assistance by Helen E. B. Dalton and Julene Abad Del Vecchio Among the earliest written texts on the history and theory of Netherlandish art, these two key writings are now available together in an English translation. Dominicus Lampsonius’s The Life of Lambert Lombard (1565) is the earliest published biography of a Netherlandish artist. This neo-Latin account of the life of the painter, architect, and draftsman Lambert Lombard of…