Jan van Nickelen [SEP] occupation
Jan van Nickelen
Jan van Nickelen (1655, Haarlem – 1721, Kassel), was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
Biography.
According to Houbraken he learned to paint from his father Isaak van Nickelen, who taught him perspective and who sent him to school to learn Latin and French.
He was very inventive and discovered an innovation in textile production, which he was unable to exploit due to lack of funds.
He also invented a new type of hard varnish, which he used in the production
- 1654: Cornelis Pietersz Bega, Job Adriaensz Berckheyde
- 1655: Jan Wouwerman
- 1659: Josua de Grave
- 1660: Gerrit Adriaenszoon Berckheyde, Isaak van Nickelen
- 1661: Jan Steen, Cornelis Beelt Isaack Vermeer
- 1662: Reyer van Blommendael
- 1663: Edwaert Collier
- 1664: Jacob Salomonsz van Ruysdael, Jan de Bray Thomas Heeremans
- 1666: Pieter Fris
- 1667: Jan de Bray
- 1669: Jacob van Huchtenburg
- 1670: Jan van Huchtenburg