(b Zaandam, c. 1565; d Assendelft, 1607). Engraver, draughtsman and mapmaker. Orphaned in childhood, he was raised by an uncle, Pieter de Jongh, a bailiff in Assendelft. Though brought up for a life of farm labour and handiwork, he turned to drawing and in time attained some success as a mapmaker. With the help of a local lawyer, he entered the circle of Hendrick Goltzius relatively late in life, in 1589, and worked for short periods with both Goltzius and Jacques de Gheyn II. According to both de Bie and Schrevelius, there was some rivalry between each of these masters and Saenredam, who quickly absorbed what they had to offer him. About 1595 Saenredam returned to Assendelft, where he married and where his son (2) Pieter was born.

Part of the Saenredam family

• Saenredam, Jan (Pietersz.)
  • Engraving, §II, 3(i)(d): Major exponents and their influences, c 1500–c 1600: Goltzius
  • Globe, §2: Celestial globes
  • Prints, §IV, 2: Publishers
  • Saenredam
  • collaboration
    • Goltzius, Hendrick, §1: Life
  • methods
    • Underdrawing
  • patrons and collectors
    • Huygens: (1) Constantijn Huygens (i)
  • teachers
    • Gheyn, de: (1) Jacques de Gheyn II, §2: Prints
  • works
    • Bloemaert: (1) Abraham Bloemaert, §2: Drawings
    • Frame, §VI, 3: Germany and Central Europe: Baroque
    • Goltzius, Hendrick, §2(i)(a): Drawings: Technique and media
    • Haarlem, §2(ii): Artistic community
    • Netherlands, the, §III, 4(ii): Painting and graphic arts, c 1550–c 1680: Haarlem
    • Prints, §III, 2: Intaglio processes
    • Saenredam: (2) Pieter Saenredam, §1: Life and work
    • Vanitas, §2: The Netherlands