Joannes van der Brugghen

Joannes van der Brugghen, known in France as Jean vander Bruggen, (1639 – c. 1740) was a Flemish painter, engraver, art dealer and publisher who was active in Antwerp and Paris.

The print states (natif de Bruxelles en Brabant, M.D.C.XXXIX) that he was born in 1639 in Brussels.

[1] In 1681 he moved to Paris, open a shop rue Saint-Jacques, where he was active as an engraver, dealer and publisher.

The poem was written (in part) by the famous French author Jean de La Fontaine.

[4] The title of the work was Recueil des meilleurs desseins de Raimond La Fage gravé par cinq des plus habiles graveurs : Et mis en lumière par les soins de Vander-Bruggen (Collection of the best designs of Raimond La Fage engraved by five of the most skilled engravers: And published through the efforts of Vander-Bruggen).

Portrait of Joannes van der Brugghen , engraved by himself after a painting by Nicolas de Largillière (1689).