Tempel, van den, family
Van den Tempel, a former Mennonite family, found at Emden, East Friesland, Germany, and in the Netherlands, particularly at Amsterdam, but also at Leiden. Jan Tonnis (1607-72) was a Mennonite cloth merchant at Emden; he had been trained for this business by his uncle(?) Jacob Theunis(z) at Amsterdam. Jan Tonnis was not only a successful businessman but also a son of the muses, publishing a moralistic-religious play in verse: Josephs droef en bly-eind Spel (Groningen, 1639). Since his shop was called "In den Tempel van Salomo" he was commonly called Jan Tempel, and van den Tempel became the family name of his descendants. The family name was also adopted by the artist Abraham van den Tempel, son of the Mennonite preacher and painter Lambert Jacobsz, a cousin of Jan Tonnis.
Bibliography
Martin, W. Rembrandt en zijn tijd (De Hollandsche Schilderkunst in de zeventiende eeuw II), 3d ed. Amsterdam, n.d., 1944: 154, 220, 227.
Thieme, Ulrich and Felix Becker. Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart. Unter Mitwirkung von 300 Fachgelehrten des In-und Auslandes, 37 vols. Leipzig: W. Englemann, 1907-1950.
Winkler Prins Encyclopedie. 6th ed. Amsterdam, 1947-54: v. XVII, 373; Supplement (1955): 411.
| Author(s) | Nanne van der Zijpp |
|---|---|
| Date Published | 1959 |
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Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 693. All rights reserved.
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