Philips Angel II
Dutch painter / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Philips Angel II or Philips Angel van Leiden (c. 1618 in Leiden ā after 11 July 1664 in Batavia, Dutch East Indies) was a Dutch Golden Age painter, etcher, writer and colonial administrator. Today he is remembered as the author of a 58-page booklet entitled 'Praise of the Art of Painting' which represents a rare resource for understanding Dutch art theory from the mid-17th century.