Jacob van der Does (4 March 1623 in Amsterdam – buried 17 November 1673 in Sloten) was a Dutch Golden Age landscape painter.
Van der Does was the son of the secretary of the Amsterdam city council. He was more attracted to the arts than to note-taking, and went to investigation drawing following Claes Corneliszoon Moeyaert. He left at 21 to accumulate France, and from there on foot to Italy. In Rome he united the Bentvueghels and was dubbed Tamboer, which means drummerboy, since he was somewhat unexpected and had been expected for the military life. He studied with Pieter van Laer (Bamboots). When he eventually returned North, he fixed in The Hague where he married Margaretha Boortens and got 4 sons and a daughter. His wife died in 1661. Houbraken liked his natural style of painting, and especially his exaggeration of painting sheep was totally admirable.
His wife’s sister was Maria Boortens, and they both were great artists themselves. All three of them made drawings for the album of the wealthy Hague diplomat Cornelis de Glarges in 1659. Through Maria Boortens, Jacob van der Does was partnered to Jacob van Campen and Adriaen van Nieulandt the younger. He became lively in the Guild of St. Luke in The Hague. He was one of the founders of the Confrerie Pictura in 1656. His pupils were Theodor Bernoille, Marcus de Bye, Gamaliel Day, Alexander Havelaer, Anthony Schinckels, and his sons Jacob II and Simon van der Does.
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