Christoffel Jacobsz van der Laemen

Christoffel Jacobsz van der Laemen
Birth name	Christoffel Jacobsz
Born	ca.1607 Brussels
Died	1651 (aged 43–44) Antwerp
Nationality	Netherlands
Field	Painting
Movement	Baroque

Elegant company in an interior. Etching by Schelte a Bolswert, after painting by Christoffel Jacobsz. van der Laemen (1605/15–22 September 1651)

Christoffel Jacobsz van der Laemen (1628–1709), was a Flemish Baroque painter.

Biography

According to Houbraken he specialized in gezelschappen; portraits of ladies and gentlemen enjoying music or conversation in interior settings.^[1] According to the RKD he married Maria Michielsen in 1642 and the painters Paul Rijckaert and Adriaen Michielsen were witnesses.^[2] In 1636 he became wine-master of the Guild of St. Luke.^[2] He was the son of Jacob van der Laemen, who Houbraken thought assisted him with his merry companies.^[1][2]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} (Dutch) Kristoffel en Jacob vander Lanen biography in De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature
2. ^ ^{a b c} Christoffel Jacobsz. van der Laemen in the RKD

Persondata
Name	Laemen, Christoffel Jacobsz Van Der
Alternative names
Short description	Painter
Date of birth	c. 1607-1615
Place of birth	Brussels, Belgium
Date of death	22 September 1651
Place of death	Antwerp, Netherlands