Jacob van der Laemen (1584–1624) was a

Flemish Baroque Flemish Baroque painting refers to the art produced in the Southern Netherlands during Spanish control in the 16th and 17th centuries. The period roughly begins when the Dutch Republic was split from the Habsburg Spain regions to the south with ...

painter.

Biography

Van der Laemen was born in

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. According to Houbraken he made merry companies and conversation pieces together with his son Christoffel.Jacob van der Laemen Biography
in ''De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen'' (1718) by

Arnold Houbraken Arnold Houbraken (28 March 1660 – 14 October 1719) was a Dutch painter and writer from Dordrecht, now remembered mainly as a biographer of Dutch Golden Age painters. Life Houbraken was sent first to learn ''threadtwisting'' (Twyndraat) fr ...

, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature According to the RKD in 1604 he became master of the

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in his native Antwerp.Jacob van der Laemen
in the RKD In 1610–1611 he was given permission by the guild to sell paintings on the Meir (Antwerp). In 1613 he moved to Brussels, where he became master of the St. Luke guild there in 1616. Despite Houbraken's comment that his style was like his son's, he is known today only for landscapes and religious scenes. He was the father of the painter

Christoffel Jacobsz van der Laemen Christoffel Jacobsz van der Laemen or Christoffel van der Laemen (1607/1620 – c. 1651) was a Flemish painter who specialized in merry company scenes with elegant figures.

References

Jacob van der Laemen
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Laemen, Jacob van der 1584 births 1624 deaths Flemish Baroque painters Painters from Antwerp Painters from Brussels