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Lot Essay
No documents exist to secure Lambert Jacobsz.'s early career, but in the period when he must have received his instruction, circa 1610-20, Pieter Lastman was one of the leading masters in Amsterdam. A significant part of Jacobsz.'s work recalls Lastman's compositions and style, and his pictures are often executed on a small scale and illustrate scenes from the Bible. The present work, while still evoking the precedent of Lastman in its scale and tenebristic handling, also suggests the influence of the Utrecht artists, especially Gerrit van Honthorst.
In addition to his skills as a painter, Lambert Jacobsz. was a deacon of the Waterland Baptist community, and a representative of the art dealer Hendrick Uylenburgh in Amsterdam, who sent pictures to Jacobsz. for sale in Friesland. Uylenburgh, Rembrandt's father-in-law, sent him copies of works by popular painters including Jan Lievens, Honthorst and Rembrandt. Prior to his death of the plague in June 1636, Lambert Jacobsz. also ran a successful studio. His pupils included Govaert Flinck and Jacob Backer, and he may well have instructed his young son, the portraitist Abraham Lambertsz. van den Tempel.
In addition to his skills as a painter, Lambert Jacobsz. was a deacon of the Waterland Baptist community, and a representative of the art dealer Hendrick Uylenburgh in Amsterdam, who sent pictures to Jacobsz. for sale in Friesland. Uylenburgh, Rembrandt's father-in-law, sent him copies of works by popular painters including Jan Lievens, Honthorst and Rembrandt. Prior to his death of the plague in June 1636, Lambert Jacobsz. also ran a successful studio. His pupils included Govaert Flinck and Jacob Backer, and he may well have instructed his young son, the portraitist Abraham Lambertsz. van den Tempel.