HOUBRAKEN, JACOBUS (1698-1780), Dutch engraver, was born at Dort, on Dec. 25, 1698, the son of Arnold Houbraken (1660-1719) . In 1707 he settled in Amsterdam. He commenced the art of engraving by studying the works of Cornelis Cort, Suyderhoef, Edelinck and the Visschers. He devoted himself almost entirely to portraiture. Among his best works are scenes from the comedy of De Ontdekte Schijndeugd, executed in his eightieth year, after Cornelis Troost, who was called by his coun trymen the Dutch Hogarth. He died on Nev. 14, 1780.
See A. Ver Hull, Jacobus Houbraken et son oeuvre (Arnhem, 1875), in which 120 engraved works are fully described.