Martin Zaagmolen

Martin Zaagmolen or Martinus Saeghmolen (buried 1 November 1669) was a Dutch painter.

biography

Zaagmolen was born in Oldenburg. Houbraken notices him as a painter of history, and describes a picture of the Last Judgment by him,^[1] in which were introduced a great number of figures, very poorly drawn and feebly coloured. Saeghmolen operated from 1640 to 1660. He was the master of Jan Luyken, and Michiel van Musscher; so, if he was not a good painter himself, he was a prestigious teacher.^[2][3] For the anatomist Johannes Van Horne, he also created a massive myology atlas.^[4]

Zaagmolen died in Amsterdam.^[3]

Notes

1. Houbraken 1718, "Martinus Zaagmolen biography".
2. Bryan 1889, p. 739.
3. RKD databases 1994.
4. BIU Santé 2016.

References

• Houbraken, Arnold (1718). "Martinus Zaagmolen biography]". De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (in Dutch) (reproduction ed.). Digital library for Dutch literature.
• "Saeghmolen, Martinus". RKD databases (in Dutch). 16 February 1994.
• "La myologie de Joannes Van Horne et Martin Sagemolen" (PDF). BIU Santé (in French). 31 August 2016.

Attribution

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Bryan, Michael (1889). "Zaagmoolen, Martin". In Armstrong, Sir Walter; Graves, Robert Edmund (eds.). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (L–Z). Vol. II (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons. p. 739.

Further reading

• biusante, Auteur (27 June 2016). "Après 270 ans d'oubli, redécouverte de l'anatomie de Van Horne, trésor du 17e s. -". Le blog actualités de la BIU Santé (in French). Retrieved 1 May 2017. — About the discovery of 253 anatomical drawings by Martinus Saeghmolen. With scientific article to download.