Jacob Matham

Jacob Matham (October 15, 1571 - January 20, 1631) of Haarlem was a famous engraver and pen-draftsman. He was the stepson and pupil of painter and draftsman Hendrik Goltzius, [cite book | last = Bradley | first = William Aspenwall | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = Dutch Landscape Etchers of the Seventeenth Century | publisher = Yale University Press | date = 1918 | location = New Haven | pages = 12 | url = http://books.google.com/books?id=oT8EAAAAYAAJ | doi = | id = | isbn = ] and brother-in-law to engraver Simon van Poelenburgh, having married his sister, Marijtgen. [cite book | last = Golahny | first = Amy | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = In His Milieu: Essays on Netherlandish Art in Memory of John Michael Montias | publisher = Amsterdam University Press | date = 2007 | location = | pages = | url = http://books.google.com/books?id=XGui9XJ3ObIC | doi = | id = | isbn = 9-05-356933-2] [cite book | last = Hind | first = Arthur Magyer | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = A Short History of Engraving & Etching | publisher = A. Constable & Co., Ltd. | date = 1908 | location = | pages = 120 | url = http://books.google.com/books?id=6IEFAAAAMAAJ | doi = | id = | isbn = ] He made several engravings after the paintings of Peter Paul Rubens from 1611-1615, [cite book | last = Sutton | first = Peter C. | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = Drawn by the Brush: Oil Sketches by Peter Paul Rubens | publisher = Yale University Press | date = 2004 | location = New Haven | pages = | url = http://books.google.com/books?id=BcVSqTA_cLcC | doi = | id = | isbn = 0-300-10626-2] and also a series after the work of Pieter Aertsen. [cite book | last = Honig | first = Elizabeth A. | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = Painting and the Market in Early Modern Antwerp | publisher = Yale University Press | date = 1999 | location = New Haven | pages = | url = http://books.google.com/books?id=wl-Ii1RCzegC | doi = | id = | isbn = 0-300-07239-2] In 1613, engraver Jan van de Velde was apprenticed to him. [cite book | last = Bisanz-Prakken | first = Marian | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = Rembrandt and His Time: Masterworks from the Albertina, Vienna | publisher = Hudson Hills | date = 2005 | location = | pages = | url = http://books.google.com/books?id=6LWbImajETkC | doi = | id = | isbn = 1-55595-257-7] He was the father of Jan, Theodoor and Adriaen Matham, the latter of whom was a notable engraver in his own right.

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