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| Jacob van Campen (1596–1657) | ||||||||||
| A painter and master builder, Van Campen was born in Haarlem and joined the St. Luke’s Guild there in 1614. Between 1617 and 1621 he likely travelled to Italy to study its artistic heritage, where he also turned his attention to architecture. He was especially influenced by the works of Andrea Palladio and his pupil Vincenzo Scamozzi, active in Vicenza and Venice, and returned to Haarlem as a trained master builder. As a painter, he produced life-sized figures and was admired for his elegant draughtsmanship, though only a few of his paintings survive, among them examples preserved at the town hall in Amersfoort. Van Campen's architectural style drew directly on classical models as interpreted by Palladio and Scamozzi, with the execution of his designs entrusted to others. Between 1632 and 1655 he undertook numerous commissions, including the Amsterdam Town Hall (now the Royal Palace), the Theatre of Van Campen, Paleis Noordeinde, and the Mauritshuis. He died in Amersfoort. | ||||||||||
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