Jean de la Chambre
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Biography
Jean de la Chambre (1605, Haarlem – 1668, Haarlem), was a Dutch Golden Age engraver and calligrapher best known today for his portrait by Frans Hals, which is in the collection of the National Gallery in London.
Biography
His parents were originally from Cambrai and travelled via Antwerp north to escape the troubles of the Fall of Antwerp, settling in Haarlem where Jean was later born. Like his contemporary Nicolaes Boddingius, he was probably a student of the Haarlem schoolmasters Peter Heyns, Jan van de Velde the Elder or Jacob van der Schuere. According to the RKD he was a school master in Haarlem and the father of Jean de la Chambre the younger. He is known for ornamental works. He had a brother Pieter or Pierre de la Chambre who was schoolmaster in Beverwijk.
Engraving of Hals' portrait of Jean de la Chambre, by Jonas Suyderhoef
Engraving of Jan de Bray's portrait of Jean de la Chambre at a later age, 1666, by Pieter Holsteyn II
Writing example dated 1649 by "the French schoolmaster in Haarlem" Jean de la Chambre
Engraving of Hals' portrait of Theodore Blevet, colleague of Pierre de la Chambre, by Theodor Matham
