Research
During his fellowship, Jolan Lammertink will write a publication about the Visscher family, successful Amsterdam cartographers who were active between 1605 and 1726. The book, intended for both academic and non-academic readers, will be the first dedicated entirely to these map and printmakers. Jolan studies the cartographic work of the Visschers – and especially on their richly decorated maps, of which the collection of the Allard Pierson contains many. The first Visscher, Claes Jansz, specialized in designing and etching decorated map borders and, likewise, the maps of his successors were often decorated in great detail. To better understand this aspect of their magnificent work, Jolan will analyze different kinds of decorations, such as local or allegorical figures, and their relationship to the map.
Fellow
Jolan Lammertink graduated as urban historian from the University of Amsterdam and is interested in art, culture and the city of Amsterdam. Artistic expressions relating to Amsterdam, ranging from (early) modern architecture to the happenings of the 1960s, were central to his previous research. Before he started his fellowship at the Allard Pierson in December 2024, he was an intern at the Amsterdam City Archives and contributed to the exhibition Al die Amsterdamse mensen – Foto’s 1970-1990.