biographical accounts of the lives of many artists he included. Of most interest to art historians is his criticism of the work of these artists, especially when he describes the location and owner of the paintings, thus becoming a valuable source for art provenance. The Schilder-boeck is part of the Basic Library of the dbnl (Canon of Dutch Literature) which contains the 1000 most important works in Dutch literature from the Middle Ages to today. Public Collections Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam Rijksmuseum Amsterdam Literary works (?) (?) (1595) (1597) (1599) (1600) (1600) (1600) (1603) (1604) (1609) (1610) (1611) (1613) (1613) (1627) (1627) References Further reading Walter S. Melion, Shaping the Netherlandish Canon: Karel Van Mander's Schilder-Boeck, University of Chicago Press, 1991 Hessel Miedema, The Lives of the illustrious Netherlandish and German painters, from the first edition of the Schilder-boeck (1603–1604), preceded by the lineage, circumstances and place of birth, life and ..., from the second edition of the Schilder-boeck (1616–1618), Soest: Davaco, 1994-1997. Seymour Slive, Dutch Painting, 1600-1800, Yale UP, 1995, External links The Schilderboeck in the Digitale Bibliotheek der Nederlandse Letteren (DBNL, "Digital Library of Dutch Literature") 1548 births 1606 deaths Flemish Mannerist painters Dutch art critics Dutch biographers Male biographers Dutch male writers Dutch art historians Dutch Mannerist painters Dutch male painters Burials at the Oude Kerk, Amsterdam People from Meulebeke Artist authors Scholars of Dutch art Scholars of Netherlandish art Dutch Golden Age painters