Jan van de Velde the Elder

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.

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

Biography

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
  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. 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.
  • 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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