Herman Doomer Explained

Herman Doomer
Birth Date:1595
Birth Place:Anrath
Death Date:1650
Death Place:Amsterdam
Nationality:Dutch

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

Life

He was born in 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, 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 and Johannes Lutma. From 1641 he used colored baleen.[6]

Doomer was buried at Nieuwezijds Kapel as his widow (1596-1678).

His son Lambert Doomer, a landscape painter, assisted the mother in the business.[7] He inherited both portraits and made copies for his siblings.[8]

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://books.google.com/books?id=jtnQ7PIT8mcC&dq=%22herman+doomer%22++schilder+kast&pg=PA612 Dutch Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Band 1 by Walter A. Liedtke, Metropolitan Museum of Art, p.604-612
  2. I.H. van Eeghen, 'Baertjen Martens en Herman Doomer', Maandblad Amstelodamum 43 (1956), p. 133-137
  3. Baarsen . Reinier . 1996 . Herman Doomer, Ebony Worker in Amsterdam . The Burlington Magazine . 138 . 1124 . 739–749 . 0007-6287.
  4. Web site: Herman Doomer . 2024-03-26 . Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen . nl.
  5. Web site: A rare cupboard attributed to Herman Doomer . 2024-03-26 . www.phoogendijk.com . en.
  6. (2010) In: Bulletin van de vereniging rembrandt Jaargang 20 n0 1, p. 19-22
  7. Web site: RKD Research . 2024-03-26 . research.rkd.nl.
  8. Web site: Herman Doomer (1595–1650), Rembrandt's Frame-Maker Art UK . 2024-03-26 . artuk.org . en.

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