Martin Zaagmolen Explained

Martin Zaagmolen or Martinus Saeghmolen (buried 1 November 1669) was a Dutch painter.

biography

Zaagmolen was born in Oldenburg. Houbraken notices him as a painter of history, and describes a picture of the Last Judgment by him, in which were introduced a great number of figures, very poorly drawn and feebly coloured. Saeghmolen operated from 1640 to 1660. He was the master of Jan Luyken, and Michiel van Musscher; so, if he was not a good painter himself, he was a prestigious teacher.For the anatomist Johannes Van Horne, he also created a massive myology atlas.

Zaagmolen died in Amsterdam.

References

• Book: Houbraken, Arnold . Arnold Houbraken . 1718 . http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/houb005groo01_01/houb005groo01_01_0333.htm . Martinus Zaagmolen biography] . De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen . reproduction . . nl.
• Web site: . 16 February 1994 . Saeghmolen, Martinus . RKD databases . nl.
• Web site: . 31 August 2016 . La myologie de Joannes Van Horne et Martin Sagemolen . BIU Santé . fr.

Attribution

Further reading

• Web site: biusante . Auteur . Après 270 ans d'oubli, redécouverte de l'anatomie de Van Horne, trésor du 17e s. - . Le blog actualités de la BIU Santé . 27 June 2016 . fr . 1 May 2017. — About the discovery of 253 anatomical drawings by Martinus Saeghmolen. With scientific article to download.