Jacob Matham (1571–1631)

• Was a famous Netherlandish engraver and pen-draftsman.

• Jacob Matham was active in Haarlem.

• He was the stepson and pupil of painter and draftsman Hendrik Goltzius.

• Matham was a brother-in-law to engraver Simon van Poelenburgh, having married his sister, Marijtgen.

• He made several engravings after the paintings of Peter Paul Rubens, and also a series after the work of Pieter Aertsen.

• In 1613, engraver Jan van de Velde was apprenticed to him.

• He was the father of Jan, Theodor and Adriaen Matham.

• Next