Jan van de Velde the Elder
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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
.
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 Dutch calligrapher, writing teacher, and engraver. He was the father of the 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...
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