Theodor Matham
Illustration — Theodor Matham, Jacob Vliger, c. 1651, engraving • Illustration — Theodor Matham, galant scene Theodor Matham, also Theodoor Matham (born 1589) was a Dutch engraver. He was the younger son of the better known engraver Jacob Matham, and the brother of the engravers Jan and Adriaen Matham.
Also recorded as Theodor Dirck Matham · Dirck Matham · Theodoor Matham · Theodoor Dirck Matham
Theodor Matham
Theodor Matham · Wellcome Collection, London · Wellcome Collection · Public Domain Mark
- Born
- 1605 · Haarlem.
- Died
- 1676 · Amsterdam.
- Nationality
- Netherlands
- Occupation
- engraver · painter · draftsperson · artist · printmaker
- Languages
- Dutch
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Illustration — Theodor Matham, Jacob Vliger, c. 1651, engraving • Illustration — Theodor Matham, galant scene Theodor Matham, also Theodoor Matham (born 1589) was a Dutch engraver. He was the younger son of the better known engraver Jacob Matham, and the brother of the engravers Jan and Adriaen Matham.
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He went to Italy and studied under Cornelius Bloemaert, and then returned to Haerlem, where he engraved an important number of plates. He signed his plates T.M. fecit or T.M. sculpsit.
Reinier van Persijn and Michel Natalis are recorded as having studied under Theodor Matham. The recorded working language is Dutch. Places of work recorded in the authority are Haarlem, Paris and Rome. Work by Theodor Matham is recorded in the collections of Nationalmuseum, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Finnish National Gallery, National Gallery of Victoria and Stadsarchief Rotterdam.
Portrait of Guiseppe Francesco Borrot's bust, and twelve lines of verse in Dutch by Jan Zoet, by Theodor Matham
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1605
Theodor Matham born at Haarlem.
1676
Theodor Matham died at Amsterdam.
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Haarlem.
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Amsterdam.
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scholarly publication
- Matham, Theodor Dirck, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2011
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q7781604: Theodor Matham
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- “Theodor Matham”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- 1.Cita web http://www.wga.hu/bio/m/matham/theodor/biograph.html The Web Gallery of Art
- 2.Union List of Artist Names Online.
- 3.Cita web http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/matham_(Enciclopedia-Italiana)/ Enciclopedia online Treccani
- 4.Cita web https://rkd.nl/explore/artists/53940 Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie
- 5.Biografisch Woordenboek der Nederlanden.
- 6.Cita web https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Anna_Katarzyna_Konstancja.JPG Ritratto di Anna Katarzyna Konstancja Waza - Commons
- 7.Lamentazione di Cristo - Commons.
- 8.Ritratto di Gerhard Johannes Voss - Commons.
- 9.Ritratto di Théodore Blévet - Commons.
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Matham, Theodor Dirck, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011Crossref registry
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q7781604: Theodor MathamWikimedia Foundation
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The authorities additionally record the headings Theodor Dirck Matham, Dirck Matham, Theodoor Matham, Theodoor Dirck Matham and Theodorus Matham. His recorded language was Dutch. He was the child of Jacob Matham. Formation and teaching. Each of those relationships is stated by the authority record rather than inferred from style.
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