About Jan van de Velde the Elder
Lived 1568 – 1623 (aged 54–55). Jan van de Velde the Elder was a Belgian calligrapher and painter.
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 According to the RKD he was possibly the pupil of Felix van Sambix. He married Mayken van Bracht from Turnhout, sister-in-law of the publisher Jan van Waesberghe, in 1592 in Rotterdam and opened a French school there. Their son, Jan van de Velde, became a painter. He published his calligraphy in the Spieghel der Schrijfkonste in 1605. In 1620 moved to Haarlem, where he was possibly the teacher of the Haarlem calligraphers Jean de la Chambre or Nicolaes Bodding van Laer.
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Who was Jan van de Velde the Elder?
Dutch engraver and calligrapher (1568–1623)
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Jan van de Velde the Elder was born in 1568 in Antwerp.
When did Jan van de Velde the Elder die?
Jan van de Velde the Elder died in 1623 in Haarlem.
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Jan van de Velde the Elder was a calligrapher and painter.
What nationality was Jan van de Velde the Elder?
Jan van de Velde the Elder was Belgian.
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