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50: 176: 165: 391:, Amsterdam, former city hall. In 1647, his name is mentioned for the first time in connection with the design of the new city hall. It was to be a perfect building, perfect in its proportions and in the message it conveyed to the spectator. Its power lies in its strict and perfect proportions and extremely moderate decoration. Critics loathed the simple entrance - without stairs - on the ground floor. 155: 225:— a number of Van Campen's oils survive. About 1616 to 1624 he is thought to have lived in Italy. On his return to the Netherlands, Van Campen turned to architecture, applying ideas borrowed from 209:
and spent his youth in his hometown. Being of noble birth and with time on his hands, he took up painting mainly as a pastime. In 1614, he became a member of the
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made no fewer than three paintings and eight engravings. Furthermore, Van Campen designed gates and towers, e.g. for the
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Van Campen worked as an architect, a painter and a designer of decorative schemes, like that for the church organ in
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the Theatre of Van Campen (1638), based on the example of Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza, in Amsterdam.
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As well as houses and palaces, he also designed a number of churches, such as those at
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Van Campen was selective in what projects he took on. His best known works are:
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at the Jodenbreestraat in Amsterdam (1627), and in the design of the castle
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Van Campen's first known building was the Coymans house built in 1625 in
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left after an argument, probably in connection with the design of the
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style with the Vitruvian principles he had learnt to produce "
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He is suspected to have had a hand in the alteration of the
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Het stadspaleis. De geschiedenis van het paleis op de Dam.
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Jacob van Campen. Het klassieke ideaal in de Gouden Eeuw.
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Huisken, Jacobine, Koen Ottenheym and Gary Schwartz,
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Images of the City Hall of Amsterdam in 30 engravings
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After a long career, Van Campen died in 1657 in his
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Index

Dutch name
surname

Haarlem
Holland
Dutch Republic
Amersfoort
Utrecht
Dutch Republic
Mauritshuis
Huis ten Bosch
Royal Palace

Mauritshuis

Paleis Noordeinde

Nieuwe Kerk
Haarlem
Golden Age
Haarlem
Guild of Saint Luke
Pieter Saenredam
Salomon de Bray
Frans de Grebber
Andrea Palladio
Vincenzo Scamozzi
Vitruvius
classical revival style
Dutch Baroque architecture

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