Jean de la Chambre (1605,

Haarlem Haarlem (; predecessor of ''Harlem'' in English) is a city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of North Holland. Haarlem is situated at the northern edge of the Randstad, one of the most populated metropoli ...

– 1668,

) was an engraver and calligrapher in the

Dutch Golden Age The Dutch Golden Age ( nl, Gouden Eeuw ) was a period in the history of the Netherlands, roughly spanning the era from 1588 (the birth of the Dutch Republic) to 1672 (the Rampjaar, "Disaster Year"), in which Dutch trade, science, and Dutch art, ...

, best known today for his portrait by

Frans Hals Frans Hals the Elder (, , ; – 26 August 1666) was a Dutch Golden Age painter, chiefly of individual and group portraits and of genre works, who lived and worked in Haarlem. Hals played an important role in the evolution of 17th-century group ...

, which is in the collection of the

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in London.

Biography

His parents were originally from

Cambrai Cambrai (, ; pcd, Kimbré; nl, Kamerijk), formerly Cambray and historically in English Camerick or Camericke, is a city in the Nord (French department), Nord Departments of France, department and in the Hauts-de-France Regions of France, regio ...

and travelled via Antwerp north to escape the troubles of the Fall of Antwerp, settling in Haarlem where Jean was later born. Like his contemporary Nicolaes Boddingius, he was probably a student of the Haarlem schoolmasters Peter Heyns,

Jan van de Velde the Elder Jan van de Velde the Elder (1568, Antwerp – 1623, Haarlem), was a Dutch calligrapher, writing teacher, and engraver. He was the father of the engraver Jan van de Velde. Biography According to the RKD he was possibly the pupil of Felix van ...

or Jacob van der Schuere. According to the RKD, he was a school master in Haarlem and the father of Jean de la Chambre the younger.Jean de la Chambre (I)
an
Jean de la Chambre (II)
in the RKD He is known for ornamental works. He had a brother, Pieter or Pierre de la Chambre, who was schoolmaster in

Beverwijk Beverwijk () is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. The town is located about northwest of Amsterdam in the Randstad metropolitan area, north of the North Sea Canal very close to the North Sea coast. A ...

.De Navorscher: Een middel tot gedachtenwisseling en letterkundig verkeer, Volume 12, 1862
by P. Leendertz, Jacobus Anspach, and Jan Frederik van Somere, among others, page 255 File:Jonas Suyderhoef after Frans Hals - portrait of Jean de la Chambre.jpg, Engraving of Hals's portrait of Jean de la Chambre, by

Jonas Suyderhoef Jonas Suyderhoef (1613 in Haarlem – 1686 in Haarlem), was a Dutch Golden Age engraver. Biography According to the RKD he was known as a draughtsman and printmaker.Jan de Bray's portrait of Jean de la Chambre at a later age, 1666, by

Pieter Holsteyn II Pieter Holsteyn (1614, Haarlem – 1673, Haarlem), was a Dutch Golden Age watercolor painter and engraver. Biography According to Houbraken who called him "Holstein", his father Pieter Holsteyn I was a good glass painter and his brother ...

File:LaChambre121.png, Writing example dated 1649 by "the French schoolmaster in Haarlem" Jean de la Chambre File:Theodor Matham after Frans Hals - Theodore Blevet AN00477599.jpg, Engraving of Hals's portrait of Theodore Blevet, colleague of Pierre de la Chambre, by Theodor Matham

References

Exhibition from 30 August – 2 November 2014
in the

Waalse Kerk, Haarlem The Waalse kerk is a historical church dating from the 14th century on the Begijnhof in Haarlem, Netherlands. History The ''Waalse kerk'' is a Walloon church that was built in the middle of the 14th century and has an upper gallery built for the ...

over Jean de la Chambre and the French schools of

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chambre, Jean de la 1605 births 1668 deaths Calligraphers from the Northern Netherlands Artists from Haarlem Dutch engravers Frans Hals Painters from Haarlem