Palamedes Palamedesz (bapt. 6 August 1605, Leith – 26 March 1638, Delft), was a Dutch Golden Age painter, and younger brother of Anthonie Palamedes.
According to Houbraken, his father was a Flemish sculptor who carved semi-precious rock such as jasper, porphyry, and agate into vases and additional decorative art. His daddy had traveled to England in promote of King James of Scotland, but after pubertal Palamedes was born the relatives returned to Delft where the boys grew up. Houbraken mentions that his capability was so good that Palamedes became a master without having had a master, and abandoned practised by copying the works of Esaias van de Velde, which he did so capably that he became very capably known. His maxim was “to begin from the beginning”, but his start was by yourself just started later than he died at 31 on 26 March 1638.
Palamedes primarily painted fight scenes that were mentioned in Cornelis de Bie’s Het Gulden Cabinet. His brother became a respected portrait painter. According to the RKD, he was in Antwerp in 1631, but returned to Delft in 1632.
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