Jacques Waben

Jacques Waben (c. 1590, Alkmaar – c. 1634, Hoorn), was a Dutch Golden Age portrait painter.

Jacques Waben
Born	1590 Alkmaar
Died	1634 (aged 43–44) Hoorn
Known for	Portrait painting history painting
Movement	Dutch Golden Age

Grietje Adriaensdr Grootes (1588-1623), 1622

Biography

According to Houbraken he was a good portrait and history painter, who painted both small and large pieces.^[1] Houbraken admired the history of Joseph in 4 panels that hung in the Proveniers Hof in Hoorn when he was writing. He also saw a history of Jephthah dated 1602, at the Hoorn home of the painter Johannes Bronkhorst.^[1]

According to the RKD many of his paintings survive in local private collections and the Westfries Museum.^[2]