Abraham Lambertsz van den Tempel
Abraham van den Tempel (c. 1622 – 8 October 1672) was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
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Abraham Lambertsz van den Tempel

Abraham Lambertsz van den Tempel · De Lakenhal, Leiden · Public domain
- Name
- Abraham van den Tempel
- Birth Name
- Abraham Lambertsz
- Born
- 1622
- Birthplace
- Leeuwarden
- Died
- 1672
- Place of death
- Amsterdam
- Field
- Painting
- Movement
- Baroque Abraham van den Tempel (c. 1622 – 8 October 1672) was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
- Nationality
- Dutch Republic
- Occupation
- painter
- Movements
- Baroque
- Teachers
- Joris van Schooten · Jacob Adriaensz Backer · Lambert Jacobsz
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Key facts
Key facts
Training under Joris van Schooten, Jacob Adriaensz Backer and Lambert Jacobsz is recorded. The recorded working language is Dutch. The field of work recorded is painting. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait. Places of work recorded in the authority are Leeuwarden, Amsterdam and Leiden. Works named in the authority record are Machteld Bas (d 1681). Work by Abraham Lambertsz van den Tempel is recorded in the collections of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Nationalmuseum, National Museum of World Cultures, Amsterdam Museum and Rijksmuseum.
• Name — Abraham van den Tempel • Birth Name — Abraham Lambertsz • Born — 1622 • Birthplace — Leeuwarden • Died — 1672 • Place of death — Amsterdam • Field — Painting • Movement — Baroque Abraham van den Tempel (c. 1622 – 8 October 1672) was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
Biography
Biography
• Illustration — Princess Albertina of Orange with children He probably learned painting from his father, also a painter, but who died when he was still quite young, in 1636. That is the same year that he moved to Amsterdam, where he stayed until 1647, whereupon he moved to Leiden. According to Houbraken he was the son of a Mennonite preacher in Leeuwarden who was a respected art teacher. His father was Lambert Jacobsz (or Jacobszoon), who had taught Govert Flinck and Jacob Adriaensz Backer in their youth, both of whom were artists from Mennonite families. Abraham took the name Tempel because when he studied in Leiden, he lived in a house there with a relief of a Tempel in the keystone. He became a pupil of Jacob Backer, and studied mathematics at Leiden University. He met with great success with the Leiden city council, earning several generous commissions, including a series of three large allegorical paintings on the cloth industry of Leiden for the Cloth Hall which still hang in their original place today in the Stedelijk Museum De Lakenhal. He became master of the Guild of St. Luke in 1657 and in 1659 he was chartermaster. In 1660 he returned to Amsterdam. His pupils were Frans van Mieris the Elder, Carel de Moor, Michiel van Musscher, Ary de Vois, and Isaac Paling.
Early life and training
Early life and training
Abraham van den Tempel was born in Leeuwarden, Netherlands, around 1622. He likely received his early artistic training from his father, Lambert Jacobsz, a respected art teacher and Mennonite preacher. Jacobsz had previously instructed notable artists like Govert Flinck and Jacob Adriaensz Backer.
Gallery
Gallery
• Illustration — Portrait of Abraham de Visscher (1605-1667) • Illustration — Sir William Davidson of Curriehill, 1615/16 - 1689. Conservator of the Staple at Veere (with his son Charles), Dated about 1664 • Illustration — van den Tempel of Pieter de la Court (1618-1685), cloth merchant and writer of political and economic works. • Illustration — Portrait of Catharina van der Voort (1622–74) • Illustration — Portrait of Jan van Amstel (1618-1669) and Anna Boxhoorn (1642-1726). • Illustration — Leiden receives the broadcloth • Illustration — The Maid of Leiden • Illustration — Portrait of Joannes Antonides Van Der Linden

Jan Antonides van der Linden. Line engraving, 1720, after A. van den Tempel., 1720, by Abraham Lambertsz van den Tempel
Abraham Lambertsz. van den Tempel · Wellcome Collection, London · Wellcome Collection

Jan Antonides van der Linden. Line engraving by L. Cossinus after A. van den Tempel., by Abraham Lambertsz van den Tempel
Abraham Lambertsz. van den Tempel · Wellcome Collection, London · Wellcome Collection
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