# Jan Saenredam > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jan_Saenredam > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jan_Saenredam.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Saenredam > Source revision: 1354450018 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Dutch artist Jan Pieterszoon Saenredam Saenredam engraving, late 16th century Born c. 1565 Zaandam, County of Holland Died 6 April 1607 Assendelft, Dutch Republic Burial place St. Adolphus Church, Assendelft Education Hendrick Goltzius Occupations Engraver; printmaker; cartographer Known for Engravings of allegorical, mythological, and biblical subjects Movement Northern Mannerism Spouse Anna Pauwelsdochter Children Pieter Jansz Saenredam *[Venus](/source/Venus_(mythology)) and [Cupid](/source/Cupid)* *[The Foolish Virgins](/source/Parable_of_the_Ten_Virgins)* **Jan Pieterszoon** (abbr. **Pietersz.**) **Saenredam** (c. 1565 – 6 April 1607) was a Dutch [Northern Mannerist](/source/Northern_Mannerist) painter, printmaker in [engraving](/source/Engraving), and cartographer, and father of the painter of church interiors, [Pieter Jansz Saenredam](/source/Pieter_Jansz_Saenredam). He is noted for the many allegorical images he created from [classical mythology](/source/Classical_mythology) and the [Bible](/source/Bible). ## Early life and education Saenredam was born in [Zaandam](/source/Zaandam). As an orphan, Jan lived with his uncle, Pieter de Jongh, a bailiff in [Assendelft](/source/Assendelft) who first sent him to learn basket weaving as a profession.[1] Being an apt student, he was taught reading and writing, but astonished his teachers when he proved already so accomplished in this that he decorated his texts with curled decorations. An example of his penmanship could once be seen on display at Assum House near Heemskerk (residence of the Lord of Assendelft), which was his copywork of the ten commandments.[1] Despite a decision that he follow a career in a trade or farming, he showed such artistic talent that he started as an apprentice cartographer. His first map is dated 1589 and is of the province of Holland, which could be seen in the city book of *Guiccardijn* (referring to a 1593 work by [Lodovico Guicciardini](/source/Lodovico_Guicciardini) called *The Description of the Low Countries*).[1] He was visited by a lawyer called Spoorwater tot Assendelft, who convinced his guardian to let him apply his gift, and thus young Saenredam was sent to learn drawing from [Hendrick Goltzius](/source/Hendrick_Goltzius) in [Haarlem](/source/Haarlem), where he became a master at the age of 24 (in 1589).[1] After working for some time with Goltzius, he encountered the almost inevitable professional rivalry and jealousy, prompting his departure to work in [Amsterdam](/source/Amsterdam) for two years.[1] ## Career He then returned to Assendelft where he married and set up his own workshop. His first engraving was of the 12 apostles after a drawing by [Karel van Mander](/source/Karel_van_Mander).[2] He produced prints after Goltzius, [Abraham Bloemaert](/source/Abraham_Bloemaert), [Cornelis van Haarlem](/source/Cornelis_van_Haarlem), [Polidoro da Caravaggio](/source/Polidoro_da_Caravaggio), and his own invention.[2] He made over 170 plates of which the last one was a history of [Diana and Callisto](/source/Diana_and_Callisto) by [Paulus Moreelse](/source/Paulus_Moreelse) in 1606.[2] Two plates he was working on, after drawings by [Bartholomeus Spranger](/source/Bartholomeus_Spranger) and [Willem Thibaut](/source/Willem_Thibaut), were finished later by [Jacob Matham](/source/Jacob_Matham).[2] According to the [Rijksmuseum](/source/Rijksmuseum), he returned in 1595 from Amsterdam to Assendelft, where he married Anna Pauwelsdochter (abbr. Pauwelsdr.).[3] ## Death He died of typhus on April 6, 1607, and was buried in the choir of the Saint Adolphus church at Assendelft, with the gravestone inscription *Ioannis Saenredam Sculptoris celeberrimi*.[2] He died in [Assendelft](/source/Assendelft), aged about 41. Jan left his wife a sizeable estate as a result of lucrative investments in the [Dutch East India Company](/source/Dutch_East_India_Company).[4] ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-DeBie_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-DeBie_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-DeBie_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-DeBie_1-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-DeBie_1-4) [Het Gulden Cabinet](/source/Het_Gulden_Cabinet) p 498 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-DeBie2_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-DeBie2_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-DeBie2_2-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-DeBie2_2-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-DeBie2_2-4) [Het Gulden Cabinet](/source/Het_Gulden_Cabinet) p 499 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Rijksmuseum"](https://web.archive.org/web/20121010001657/http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/aria/aria_artists/00018361?lang=nl). Archived from [the original](http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/aria/aria_artists/00018361?lang=nl) on 10 October 2012. Retrieved 11 February 2009. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/SK-C-217) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20110609050159/http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/collectie/zoeken/asset.jsp?id=SK-C-217&lang=nl) 2011-06-09 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) ## External links - Media related to [Jan Saenredam](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Jan_Saenredam) at Wikimedia Commons - [Artworks by or after Jan Saenredam](https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/search/actor:) at the [Art UK](/source/Art_UK) site - [Spaightwood Galleries](http://www.spaightwoodgalleries.com/Pages/Saenredam.html) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20170225160133/http://www.spaightwoodgalleries.com/Pages/Saenredam.html) 2017-02-25 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) Authority control databases International VIAF GND National United States France BnF data Artists ULAN RKD Artists KulturNav Victoria Scientific illustrators Auckland Prado National Gallery of Canada South Australia People Netherlands 2 Deutsche Biographie Other Te Papa (New Zealand) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Jan Saenredam](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Saenredam) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Saenredam?action=history)). 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