Adriaen van Nieulandt

Adriaen van Nieuwlandt after a portrait by Cornelius Johnson in Het Gulden Cabinet.

Adriaen van Nieulandt (1587, Antwerp- buried July 7, 1658, Amsterdam) was a Dutch painter, draughtsman and engraver of the Baroque period.

Biography

Copper Monday in Amsterdam.

Painting by van Nieulandt depicts Maurits, prince of Orange.^[1] The Walters Art Museum.

His father (Adriaen van Nieulandt the elder) was born to a family of artists of Flemish origin from Antwerp. In 1589 he moved his family to Amsterdam, probably to flee the Fall of Antwerp. This could have been because they were Protestants or simply for economic reasons, as the art market in the Northern Netherlands was doing very well at the time. His sons Adriaen Jr., Willem van Nieulandt II and Jacob van Nieulandt all became painters. Adriaen Jr. was a pupil of Pieter Isaacsz (1569–1625) and Frans Badens (1571–1618) in Amsterdam. According to Houbraken, he specialized in painting statuary and landscapes.^[2] According to Het Gulden Cabinet, he also made many scenes from the Old Testament.^[3]

Public collections

• Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
• Amsterdam Museum, Amsterdam
• Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem
• Museum de Fundatie, Zwolle
• Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt, Darmstadt
• Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum, Braunschweig

References

1. "Prince Maurits with His Horse and Groom". The Walters Art Museum.
2. (Dutch) Adriaan Nieulant biography in De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature
3. See the caption on his engraved portrait dating from 1661.

External links

• Baldinucci, Filippo (1728). Notizie de' Professori del Disegno, Da Cimabue in qua, Secolo V. dal 1610. al 1670. Distinto in Decennali (or Notice of the Professors of Design, from Cimabue to now, from 1610-1670). Stamperia S.A.R. per li Tartini, e Franchi (Googlebooks entry). p. 375.
• Web Gallery of Art biography