Christoffel Jacobsz van der Laemen (1607-1651)

• Was a Flemish painter who specialized in merry company scenes.
• He was the son of Jacob van der Laemen and Anna Dirkx.
• He was registered as a wine-master at the Antwerp Guild of St. Luke in the guild year in 1636/37.
• The next year he already received Hieronymus Janssens as his pupil.

• When he married Maria Michielsen in 1642, the painters Paul Rijckaert and Adriaen Michielsen were witnesses.

• The van der Laemen couple had six children.
• The artist must have died between 22 September 1651 and 17 September 1652.
• His favorite themes were card and backgammon players, brothel scenes, the prodigal son, dancing, music making and scenes of food and drink set in elegant rooms, inns and gardens.
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