Jacob Matham of Haarlem

Haarlem

Haarlem is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of North Holland, the northern half of Holland, which at one time was the most powerful of the seven provinces of the Dutch Republic...

, was a famous engraver and pen-draftsman

Technical drawing

Technical drawing, also known as drafting or draughting, is the act and discipline of composing plans that visually communicate how something functions or has to be constructed.Drafting is the language of industry....

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Biography

He was the stepson and pupil of painter and draftsman Hendrik Goltzius

Hendrik Goltzius

Hendrik Goltzius , was a Dutch printmaker, draftsman, and painter. He was the leading Dutch engraver of the early Baroque period, or Northern Mannerism, noted for his sophisticated technique and the "exuberance" of his compositions. According to A...

, and brother-in-law to engraver Simon van Poelenburgh, having married his sister, Marijtgen. He made several engravings after the paintings of Peter Paul Rubens from 1611-1615, and also a series after the work of Pieter Aertsen

Pieter Aertsen

Pieter Aertsen , called Lange Pier because of his height, was a Dutch historical painter. He was born and died in Amsterdam, and painted there and in Antwerp, though his genre scenes were influential in Italy.-Biography:...

. In 1613, engraver Jan van de Velde

Jan van de Velde

Jan van de Velde the younger was a Dutch Golden Age painter and engraver of animal, landscape and still-life subjects. He was the son of Jan van de Velde the Elder and the father of the still life painter Jan Jansz van de Velde.-Biography:Van de Velde was born in either Delft or Rotterdam...

 was apprenticed to him. He was the father of Jan

Jan Matham

Jan Matham , was a Dutch Golden Age painter.-Biography:According to the RKD he was the son of Jacob Matham, brother of Theodor and Adriaen, and signed his works "JMatham F". He is known for fruit still lifes and engravings. He was a member of the Haarlem Guild of St. Luke in 1628 and in...

, Theodor

Theodor Matham

Theodor Matham, also Theodoor Matham was a Dutch engraver. He was the younger son of the better known engraver Jacob Matham, and the brother of the engravers Jan and Adriaen Matham....

 and Adriaen Matham

Adriaen Matham

Adriaen Matham was a Dutch artist, engraver and art dealer.-Biography:Matham was the son of Dutch engraver Jacob Matham and his wife Marijtgen; he was brother to the engravers Jan and Theodor Matham. Adriaen was a member of the schutterij already in 1618. He was painted by Frans Hals in 1627...

, the latter of whom was a notable engraver in his own right.