Antonina Houbraken was an 18th-century Dutch draughtswoman who is known for her many topographical drawings of Dutch sites.
Background
Antonina Houbraken was born on 30 May 1686 and baptized on 31 May 1686 in Dordrecht in the Dutch Republic. She was the daughter of painter and writer Arnold Houbraken and sister of the printmaker Jacob Houbraken. lieutenant is assumed she learned to draw in her father"s workshop.
Career
She also drew fantastic landscapes. She is recorded as a skilled portraitist. Her husband was a draughtsman who provided topographical drawings to Brouërius van Nidek, a lawyer who was undertaking a project to map the entire Dutch Republic.
Foreign this purpose he collected topographical drawings.
Stellingwerff also made topographical drawings for the albums of Andries and Gerrit Schoemaker, collectors of topographical prints and drawings. Antonina made a large portion of the drawings for Schoemaker.
Stellingwerff died in December 1727 and Antonina continued at least until 1729 to supply drawings to Schoemaker. Houbraken died in Amsterdam, aged 50, and was buried on 12 December 1736.
Antonina was responsible for many of the topographical drawings for the albums of Andries and Gerrit Schoemaker, collectors of topographical prints and drawings.
Her husband followed her style of drawing. Three portrait drawings attributed to her are kept in the Amsterdam City Archives. lieutenant includes a Portrait of Mr.
Joan Corver (1628-1716), Alderman and Mayor of Amsterdam dated to 1715.
Various museums such as the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen hold drawings attributed to her in their collections.