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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.