Adriaen van Nieulandt

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Adriaen van Nieuwlandt after a portrait by Cornelius Johnson in Het Gulden Cabinet. Coenraet Waumans, after Cornelius Johnson - Portrait of Adriaen van Nieulandt.jpg
Adriaen van Nieuwlandt after a portrait by Cornelius Johnson in Het Gulden Cabinet.

Adriaen van Nieulandt (1586 or 1587, Antwerp - buried 7 July 1658, Amsterdam) was a Dutch painter, draughtsman and engraver of Flemish descent. He is known for his history paintings with biblical and mythological subjects, often incorporating elegant nudes, portraits including schutterstukken, genre paintings and still lifes. [1]

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Life

He was born in Antwerp in 1586 or 1587 as the son of Adriaen van Nieulandt the elder (died 1603) and Geertruyd Loyson (died ca. 1627). [1] His father was a merchant dealing in quills as was his grandfather who was also admitted as a master of the Guild of Saint Luke of Antwerp in 1573. [2] His family included a number of artists including his uncle Guilliam or Willem van Nieulandt (I) who was a painter and draftsperson. [3] His older brother Willem van Nieulandt II (born in 1582 or 1584 in Antwerp) became a painter, engraver, poet and playwright and was active in both Antwerp and Amsterdam. [4]

Diana with her Nymphs Adriaen van Nieulandt the younger (1587-1658) - Diana with Nymphs - 1139668 - National Trust.jpg
Diana with her Nymphs

The van Nielandt family moved to Amsterdam in 1589, after the Fall of Antwerp, possibly because they were Protestants or simply for economic reasons, as the art market in the Northern Netherlands was doing very well at the time. [5] Another brother called Jacob van Nieulandt was born in 1593/94 in Amsterdam where he became an art dealer, painter, innkeeper and draftsperson. [6] Father van Nieulandt became a poorter of Amsterdam in 1594, which shows that he was of good means. [5]

Portrait of Maurice, Prince of Orange The Walters Art Museum. Adriaen van Nieulandt the younger - Prince Maurits with His Horse and Groom - Walters 372507.jpg
Portrait of Maurice, Prince of Orange The Walters Art Museum.

Adriaen Jr. was in Amsterdam first a pupil of Pieter Isaacsz (1569–1625), an artist born in Denmark from Dutch parents but married to a woman born in Antwerp, and subsequently of Frans Badens (1571–1618), originally from Antwerp. These two masters had studied in Italy and were able to pass on to him their knowledge of new trends in European painting. He attained quite a reputation early in his career and was given a commission by Danish king Christian IV for 23 paintings on copper plates with New Testament subjects. [5]

According to Houbraken, he specialized in painting statuary and landscapes. [8] According to Cornelis de Bie's Het Gulden Cabinet, he also made many scenes from the Old Testament. [9]

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References

  1. 1 2 Adriaen van Nieulandt at the Netherlands Institute for Art History
  2. Bredius, Abraham [Ed], Künstlerinventare: Urkunden zur Geschichte der holländischen Kunst des XVIten, XVIIten und XVIIIten Jahrhunderts (Band 1), The Hage, 1915, pp. 177, 183-185 (in German)
  3. Guilliam van Nieulandt (I) at the Netherlands Institute for Art History
  4. Guilliam van Nieulandt (II) at the Netherlands Institute for Art History
  5. 1 2 3 Eric Jan Sluijter, Career choices of migrant artists between Amsterdam and Antwerp. The Van Nieulandt brothers, De Zeventiende Eeuw 31 (2015) 1, pp. 101-137
  6. Jacob van Nieulandt at the Netherlands Institute for Art History
  7. "Prince Maurits with His Horse and Groom". The Walters Art Museum.
  8. Adriaan Nieulant biography in Arnold Houbraken, De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) (in Dutch)
  9. See the caption on his engraved portrait dating from 1661.