. He was the stepson and pupil of painter and draftsman
Hendrik Goltzius, and brother-in-law to engraver Simon van Poelenburgh, having married his sister, Marijtgen. He made several engravings after the paintings of
Peter Paul Rubens from 1611 to 1615, and also a series after the work of
Pieter Aertsen. In 1613, engraver
Jan van de Velde was apprenticed to him. He was the father of
Jan,
Theodor and
Adriaen Matham, the latter of whom was a notable engraver in his own right. ==References==