Jacob Jan van der Maaten (4 January 1820 in Elburg – 16 April 1879 in Apeldoorn) was a Dutch painter and etcher.

Later, Van der Maaten became teacher at the so-called King's School in Apeldoorn (1866–1879).

Van der Maaten was one of the founders of Pulchri Studio in The Hague, along with Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch, Jan Weissenbruch, Willem Roelofs, Jan Frederik van Deventer, Willem Antonie van Deventer and FH Michael.

[2] Van der Maaten's masterpiece was “Begrafenis in het koren” (Burial in the cornfield), which in 1863 was the success of the exhibition in Brussels.

Vincent van Gogh admired this painting so much that he had a reproduction of it on the wall.