Lambert van Haven
Lambert van Haven (16 April 1630 - 9 May 1695) was a Danish-Norwegian architect, master builder and painter. He was born in Bergen, the son of the artist Solomon van Haven who had already succeeded in winning the favour of the Danish-Norwegian monarchy. Starting in 1653, he spent some 16 years travelling in Italy, France and the Netherlands where he studied Baroque painting and architecture.
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Lambert van Haven
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- Name
- Lambert van Haven
- Born
- 16 April 1630
- Birthplace
- Bergen, Norway
- Died
- 9 May 1695
- Place of death
- Copenhagen, Denmark
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Denmark
- Occupation
- architect · painter
- Known for
- Church of Our Saviour · Nørreport
- Languages
- Danish
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Lambert van Haven (16 April 1630 - 9 May 1695) was a Danish-Norwegian architect, master builder and painter. He was born in Bergen, the son of the artist Solomon van Haven who had already succeeded in winning the favour of the Danish-Norwegian monarchy. Starting in 1653, he spent some 16 years travelling in Italy, France and the Netherlands where he studied Baroque painting and architecture.
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Lambert van Haven was a Danish architect and painter. Born in Bergen, the architect died in Copenhagen. Lambert van Haven worked in Italy, Padua and Rome, among others.
Works include Church of Our Saviour and Nørreport. Languages used include Danish. Works by the architect are held at Statens Museum for Kunst.
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Biography
Under Christian V, he was appointed Denmark-Norway's first official General Building Master in 1671 with overall responsibility for executing the king's architectural wishes. He died in Copenhagen.
The recorded working language is Danish. Places of work recorded in the authority are Italy, Venice and Padua. Works named in the authority record are Church of Our Saviour and Nørreport. Work by Lambert van Haven is recorded in the collections of Statens Museum for Kunst.
Lambert van Haven - Nature morte med hummer og citron - KMSst113 - Statens Museum for Kunst
Lambert van Haven
Lambert van Haven - Udkast til kamindekoration - KKSgb5142 - Statens Museum for Kunst
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Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Lambert van Haven • Born — 16 April 1630 • Birthplace — Bergen, Norway • Died — 9 May 1695 • Place of death — Copenhagen, Denmark
Church of Our Saviour
Church of Our Saviour
• Illustration — Lambert van Haven: Church of Our Saviour, Copenhagen Van Haven is remembered above all for his architecture, especially for the enormous Church of Our Saviour, Copenhagen built in the Dutch Baroque style in the form of a Greek cross with Tuscan pilasters rising to the top of the facade.
Nørreport
Nørreport
Commissioned by Christian V, van Haven also designed the imposing new Nørreport city gate (1671) after the original gate had fallen into disrepair. Until it was dismantled in 1857, it was considered to be the tallest and finest of Copenhagen's city gates with fine sandstone ornamentation.
Frederiksborg interiors
Frederiksborg interiors
Inspired by the Italian and French Baroque style, especially Bernini's, he designed the interiors of Frederiksborg Palace which had been damaged by fire. The Audience Chamber, glorifying Christian V, is considered a masterpiece.
Other contributions
Other contributions
He probably also participated in the design of Charlottenborg Palace and in that of Niels Juel's Mansion on Kongens Nytorv, now the French Embassy. He was also involved in designing a residential palace on Slotsholmen but this was never realised.
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Lambert van Haven was born at Bergen.
Birthplace
Lambert van Haven died at Copenhagen.
Deathplace
Bergen.
Birth place
Copenhagen.
Death place
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- “Lambert van Haven”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q935915: Lambert van Haven
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These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Solomon van Haven. From Art Encyclopedia. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
- 2.v. Haven, Lambert. From Dansk biografisk Lexikon. In Danish. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
- 3.Barok from DAC.dk. In Danish. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
- 4.Vor Frelsers Kirke. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
- 5.Nørreport, København. From Byhistorie.dk. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
- 6.Frederiksborg Slot. From Det Nationalhistoriske Museum. In Danish. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
- 7.Lambert van Haven. From Den store Danske. Retrieved 17 December 2009.
- 8.Thotts Palæ. København. Kulturhistoriek opslagsbog med turforslag by Jens Fleischer. In Danish. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
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