Lambert van Haven

Lambert van Haven
Lambert van Haven painted by his brother Michael van Haven
Born(1630-04-16)16 April 1630
Bergen, Norway
Died9 May 1695(1695-05-09) (aged 65)
Copenhagen, Denmark
NationalityDanish
OccupationArchitect

Lambert van Haven (16 April 1630 - 9 May 1695) was a Danish-Norwegian architect, master builder and painter. He was born in Bergen, the son of the artist Solomon van Haven who had already succeeded in winning the favour of the Danish-Norwegian monarchy.[1]

Starting in 1653, he spent some 16 years travelling in Italy, France and the Netherlands where he studied Baroque painting and architecture.[2]

Under Christian V, he was appointed Denmark-Norway's first official General Building Master in 1671 with overall responsibility for executing the king's architectural wishes.[3] He died in Copenhagen.

  1. ^ Solomon van Haven. From Art Encyclopedia. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
  2. ^ v. Haven, Lambert. From Dansk biografisk Lexikon. In Danish. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
  3. ^ Barok from DAC.dk. Archived 2012-02-23 at the Wayback Machine In Danish. Retrieved 18 December 2009.

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