Abraham Lambertsz. van den Tempel

Abraham Lambertsz. van den Temple (* um 1622 in Leeuwarden, † 1672 in Amsterdam) was a Dutch painter.

Abraham Lambertsz. was a son of the painter Lambert Jacobsz. After leaving school, he became a disciple of Joris van Schooten in Leiden. Subsequently, he was self-employed in this city from 1648 to 1660 worked. In 1648 he is said to have also married in Leiden. Until his death in 1672 he worked in Amsterdam. There he was under the influence of Bartholomeus van der Heist, which the adjacent painting was incorrectly attributed Portrait of a young girl as Diana 1877 by Skimborowicz - Gerson. Lambertsz. van den Temple has portraits and portrait groups of noble conception, but conventional treatment painted detail and was in an era that was gradually affected by the recession in the art market, quite successful. Of his paintings are among other things to Amsterdam, The Hague, Paris (Louvre), in Berlin and Kassel. When his pupil Frans van Mieris, Michiel van Musscher and Ary de Vois apply.