Jan van de Velde the Elder

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Calligraphy by Jan Van De Velde from the Spieghel der schrijfkonste.

Jan van de Velde the Elder (1568, Antwerp – 1623, Haarlem), was a Dutch calligrapher, writing teacher, and engraver. He was the father of the engraver Jan van de Velde.

Biography[edit]

According to the RKD he was possibly the pupil of Felix van Sambix. He married Mayken van Bracht from Turnhout,[1][2][3] sister-in-law of the publisher Jan van Waesberghe, in 1592 in Rotterdam and opened a French school there.[4] Their son, Jan van de Velde, became a painter.[5][6] He published his calligraphy in the Spieghel der Schrijfkonste in 1605.[4] In 1620 moved to Haarlem, where he was possibly the teacher of the Haarlem calligraphers Jean de la Chambre or Nicolaes Bodding van Laer.[4]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ "Jan Van de Velde". University of Amsterdam. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Jan Jansz van den Velde I". University of Amsterdam. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  3. ^ Netherlands. Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie (1880). Bredius, Abraham (ed.). Oud Holland - Volumes 18-19 (in Dutch). Netherlands Institute for Art History. p. 60. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  4. ^ a b c Jan van de Velde (I) in the RKD
  5. ^ "Jan Jansz van den Velde I". University of Amsterdam. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  6. ^ "Jan van de Velde (II)". RKD. Retrieved 11 December 2021.

External links[edit]

  • Vermeer and The Delft School, a full text exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, which contains material on Jan van de Velde the Elder
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