# Herman Doomer

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**Herman Doomer** or **Hermann Dommers** (1595 – 14 March 1650) was a [Dutch Golden Age](/source/Dutch_Golden_Age) furniture and frame-maker who is best known today for his portrait by [Rembrandt](/source/Rembrandt).[1]

## Life

He was born in [Anrath](/source/Anrath), near Venlo, and married Baertje Martens from Naarden in 1618. He ran a successful business in ebony-veneer furniture and frames in the [Kalverstraat](/source/Kalverstraat), Gasthuismolensteeg and Hartenstraat.[2][3][4] By 1625 Doomer already played a prominent role within the group of Amsterdam ebony workers.[5] At times he collaborated with [Pieter Quast](/source/Pieter_Quast) and [Johannes Lutma](/source/Johannes_Lutma). From 1641 he used colored [baleen](/source/Baleen).[6]

He was very inventive in his use of material, for example, baleen or whalebone, which was pressed in a metal mould. He also used different types of tropical wood, which he decorated with images or fine marquetry of [mother-of-pearl](/source/Mother-of-pearl) and ivory.[7]

Doomer was buried at [Nieuwezijds Kapel](/source/Nieuwezijds_Kapel) as his widow (1596-1678).

His son [Lambert Doomer](/source/Lambert_Doomer), a landscape painter, assisted the mother in the business.[8] He inherited both portraits and made copies for his siblings.[9]

## References

1. [Dutch Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Band 1 by Walter A. Liedtke, Metropolitan Museum of Art, p.604-612](https://books.google.com/books?id=jtnQ7PIT8mcC&dq=%22herman+doomer%22++schilder+kast&pg=PA612)

1. I.H. van Eeghen, 'Baertjen Martens en Herman Doomer', Maandblad Amstelodamum 43 (1956), p. 133-137

1. Baarsen, Reinier (1996). ["Herman Doomer, Ebony Worker in Amsterdam"](https://www.jstor.org/stable/887213). *The Burlington Magazine*. **138** (1124): 739–749. [ISSN 0007-6287](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0007-6287)

1. ["Herman Doomer"](https://www.boijmans.nl/collectie/kunstenaars/25640/herman-doomer) (in Dutch). *Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen*. Retrieved 2024-03-26.

1. ["A rare cupboard attributed to Herman Doomer"](http://www.phoogendijk.com/Furniture/A-rare-cupboard-attributed-to-Herman-Doomer). *www.phoogendijk.com*. Retrieved 2024-03-26.

1. (2010) In: Bulletin van de vereniging rembrandt Jaargang 20 n0 1, p. 19-22

1. [https://gallerease.com/nl/kunstenaars/herman-doomer__81265b2f7bfd](https://gallerease.com/nl/kunstenaars/herman-doomer__81265b2f7bfd)

1. ["RKD Research"](https://research.rkd.nl/nl/detail/https%3A%2f%2fdata.rkd.nl%2fartists%2f367799). *research.rkd.nl*. Retrieved 2024-03-26.

1. ["Herman Doomer (1595–1650), Rembrandt's Frame-Maker | Art UK"](https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/herman-doomer-15951650-rembrandts-frame-maker-100042). *artuk.org*. Retrieved 2024-03-26.

## External links

- [https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/rijksstudio/artists/herman-doomer](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/rijksstudio/artists/herman-doomer)
- [https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/BK-1978-188](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/BK-1978-188)
- [https://www.phoogendijk.com/Furniture/A-rare-cupboard-attributed-to-Herman-Doomer](https://www.phoogendijk.com/Furniture/A-rare-cupboard-attributed-to-Herman-Doomer)
- [https://www.codart.nl/acquisitions/rijksmuseum-acquires-monumental-ebony-cabinet-by-herman-doomer/](https://www.codart.nl/acquisitions/rijksmuseum-acquires-monumental-ebony-cabinet-by-herman-doomer/)
- [https://zebregsroell.com/product/herman-doomer-cabinet](https://zebregsroell.com/product/herman-doomer-cabinet)

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