Christoffel Jacobsz van der Laemen

Christoffel Jacobsz van der Laemen
Born Christoffel Jacobsz
ca.1607
Brussels
Died 1651 (aged 43–44)
Antwerp
Nationality Netherlands
Known for 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 (1607 – 1651), 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. ↑ 1.0 1.1 (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. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Christoffel Jacobsz. van der Laemen in the RKD