Abraham van den Tempel

Abraham van den Tempel

He probably learned painting from his father, also a painter, but who died when he was still quite young, in 1636. That is the same year that he moved to Amsterdam, where he stayed until 1647, whereupon he moved to Leiden.[1] According to Houbraken he was the son of a Mennonite preacher in Leeuwarden who was a respected art teacher. His father was Lambert Jacobsz (or Jacobszoon), who had taught Govert Flinck and Jacob Adriaensz Backer in their youth, both of whom were artists from Mennonite families. Abraham took the name Tempel because when he studied in Leiden, he lived in a house there with a relief of a Tempel in the keystone.

Abraham van den Tempel

Abraham van den Tempel

Abraham van den Tempel

Abraham van den Tempel

Abraham van den Tempel

Abraham van den Tempel

Abraham van den Tempel

Abraham van den Tempel

Abraham van den Tempel

Abraham van den Tempel

Abraham van den Tempel