Herman Doomer
Herman Doomer by Rembrandt (1640) in Metropolitan Museum of Art
Born1595
Anrath
Died1650
Amsterdam
NationalityDutch

Herman Doomer or Hermann Dommers (1595 – 14 March 1650) was a Dutch Golden Age furniture and frame-maker who is best known today for his portrait by Rembrandt.[1]

Life

He was born in Anrath, near Venlo, and married Baertje Martens from Naarden in 1618. He ran a successful business in ebony-veneer furniture and frames in the Kalverstraat, Gasthuismolensteeg and Hartenstraat.[2][3][4] By 1625 Doomer already played a prominent role within the group of Amsterdam ebony workers.[5] At times he collaborated with Pieter Quast and Johannes Lutma. From 1641 he used colored baleen.[6]

He was very inventive in his use of material, for example, baleen or whalebone, which was pressed in a metal mould. He also used different types of tropical wood, which he decorated with images or fine marquetry of mother-of-pearl and ivory.[7]

Doomer was buried at Nieuwezijds Kapel as his widow (1596-1678).

His son Lambert Doomer, a landscape painter, assisted the mother in the business.[8] He inherited both portraits and made copies for his siblings.[9]

Pendant portrait

Furniture

References


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