Filippo Baldinucci's Notizie de' Professori del Disegno, Da Cimabue in qua, Secolo V. dal 1610. al 1670. Distinto in Decennali (or Notice of the Professors of Design, from Cimabue to now, from 1610–1670) was a major art biography of Baroque painters. Written by the erudite Florentine professor of the Accademia della Crusca, it is often verbose and rife with factual errors; however, it is a broad compendium of stories about generally contemporaneous Baroque painters.
Dozens of Flemish and Dutch painters, including Rembrandt, were judged to merit inclusion. Though Baldinucci may have met some of these Northern painters on their travels to Italy, the majority of the Dutch and Flemish names he included had biographical notes under portraits engraved by Jan Meyssens, whose work was popular, and whose engravings were reused by Cornelis de Bie for his 1682 book Het Gulden Cabinet. Baldinucci included both De Bie (in his father "Adriano de Bie"'s entry) and Meyssens in his book. The posthumous edition (1681) includes (in order of appearance in the text) and expanding list of artists:
Artists from the low countries
Francesco Snyders (Frans Snyders); p. 120
Guglielmo de Nicolant (Willem van Nieulandt II); p. 120
Gasparo Cleayer (Caspar de Crayer); p. 120
Rolando Saveri (Roelant Savery); p. 121
Enrico Van der Borcht (Hendrik van der Borcht the elder); p. 121
Artists from Genoa and its territories
Giovambatista Capellino (Giovanni Domenico Capellino?) p. 161
Fra Giovanni Battista Stefaneschi; p. 163
Artists from Low Countries
Adriano van Utrecht (Adriaen); p. 197
Giovanni Guglielmo Bawr, (Johann Wilhelm Baur, Strasbourg) ; p. 197
Niccola Canupfer, (Nikolaus Knüpfer) ; p. 197
Jacopo di Giordano or Giacomo Giordans (Jacob Jordaens) ; p. 197
Baldasarr Gerbier, (Balthazar Gerbier) ; p. 197
Lionardo Bramer (Leonaert Bramer) ; p. 197
Adriano de Bie (Adriaan de Bie, father of Cornelis de Bie); p. 198
Adriano Vander Venne, (Adriaen van de Venne) ; p. 198
Gheraldo Honthorst (Gerard van Honthorst) ; p. 198
Pietro Snayers (Peter Snayers) ; p. 198
Jacopo Vrancqaert ; p. 198
Artists from the city of Venice and its territories
Cavaliere Carlo Ridolfi ; p. 289
Marc'Antonio Bassetti (Verona) ; p. 292
Tommaso Sandrino (Brescia); p. 292
Piero Damini, (Pietro Damini, Castelfranco); p. 293
Filippo Zaniberti (Brescia); p. 293
Matteo Ingoli (Ravenna) ; p. 294
Francesco Zugni, (Francesco Zugno, Brescia) ; p. 294
Giovambatista Brisone (Padua) ; p. 295
Artists from Genoa or Liguria
Giovambatista Carlone ; p. 303
Giovacchino Axereto (Gioacchino Assereto) ; p. 304
Painters from low countries Jacopo Backer (Jacob Adriensz Backer); p. 375 Giovanni Van Hoeck, (Jan van de Hoeck); p. 375 Andriano Van Nieulaht (Adriaen van Nieulandt the younger); p. 375 Piero Francesco o Franchoys (Peter Franchoys) p. 375 Giovanni Bot (Jan Both) p. 375
Tommaso Willeborts Bossaert (Thomas Bosschaert Willeboirts); p. 376
Ruberto Van Hoeck (Robert van den Hoecke); p. 376 Gio Batista Van-Heil (Jan Baptist van Heil); p. 377 Pietro Meert (Pieter Meert); p. 377 Giovanni Vanden-Heckc, (Jan van den Hoecke); p. 377
Giovanni Meyssens (Jan Meyssens); p. 377
| Pietro de Jode (Pieter de Jode II); p. 378 Leone Van-Heil (Leo van Heil); p. 378 Pietro Verbrugghen (Pieter Verbrugghen I); p. 378
Vincislao Hollar (Wenceslas Hollar); p. 378 Artu Chellini (Artus Quellinus I); p. 378
Giovani Bylort (Jan van Bylert); p. 378 Cornelio Poulenbourgh (Cornelis van Poelenburgh); p. 378 Erasmo Chellino (Erasmus Quellinus II); p. 378
David Bally (David Bailey; p. 379 Erasmo Saftleven Herman Saftleven; p. 379 Giovanni Van Brochorst (Jan Gerritsz van Bronkhorst); p. 379
Pietro Danckerse de Ry (Peter Danckerts de Rij); p. 379 Daniello Van-Heil (Daniel van Heil); p. 379 Cornelio Janssens (Cornelis Janssens van Ceulen); p. 379
Jacopo Wan Campen (Jacob van Campen); p. 380 |
Painters from the low countries
Daniel Segiers (Daniel Seghers; p. 415
Jacopo Van Es (Jacob Foppens van Es); p. 415
Pietro Van Lint (Peter van Lint); p. 415
David Ryckaert (David Ryckaert II); p. 416
Gonsalo Coques (Gonzales Coques); p. 416
Niccola de Helt Stocade (Nicolaes van Helt Stockade); p. 416
Giovambatista Van Deynum (Jan Baptist van Deynum); p. 416
Giorgio Van Son (Joris van Son); p. 416
Giovanni Van Ckesselles (Jan van Kessel, senior); p. 416
Gian Filippo Van Thielen (Jan Philips van Thielen); p. 417
Giovanni Peters (or Pietri); p. 417
Artist from Genoa
Francesco Merano (il Paggio); p. 532
A. Silvestro Chiesa; p. 534
Gio. Benedetto Castiglione; p. 534 (Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione)
Anton Maria Vassallo (scholar of Vincenzo Malo, pittore Fiammingo); p. 535
Antonio Travi, also Antonio da Sestri; p. 536
Piero Andrea Torre
Pier Maria Groppallo