Jacoba Maria van Nickelen
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Jacoba Maria van Nickelen (c1690, Haarlem
– 1749, Amsterdam
), was a 18th century flower painter from the Northern Netherlands.
painted church interiors, and her father Jan van Nickelen
was a landscape painter.
According to the RKD she was a fruit and flower still life painter, whose work shows the same elements as the work of Cornelia van der Mijn, the daughter of her teacher Herman van der Mijn
. She was active at the court of Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine
, where besides Cornelia, the women painters Adriana van Spilberg and Rachel Ruysch
also painted. She married the painter Willem Troost and had eight children, though only two survived infancy.
Haarlem
Haarlem is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of North Holland, the northern half of Holland, which at one time was the most powerful of the seven provinces of the Dutch Republic...
– 1749, Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
), was a 18th century flower painter from the Northern Netherlands.
Biography
She was born into an old painting family of Haarlem; her grandfather Isaak van NickelenIsaak van Nickelen
Isaak van Nickelen , was a Dutch Golden Age painter.-Biography:According to Houbraken he painted church interiors in the manner of Hendrick Cornelisz. van Vliet....
painted church interiors, and her father Jan van Nickelen
Jan van Nickelen
Jan van Nickelen , 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....
was a landscape painter.
According to the RKD she was a fruit and flower still life painter, whose work shows the same elements as the work of Cornelia van der Mijn, the daughter of her teacher Herman van der Mijn
Herman van der Mijn
Herman van der Mijn , was an 18th century painter from the Northern Netherlands.-Biography:According to Houbraken he introduced Jan van Nickelen to Jan Frans van Douven....
. She was active at the court of Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine
Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine
Johann Wilhelm II, Elector Palatine was Elector Palatine , Duke Palatine of Neuburg/Danube , Duke of Jülich and Berg , and Duke of Upper Palatinate and Cham...
, where besides Cornelia, the women painters Adriana van Spilberg and Rachel Ruysch
Rachel Ruysch
Rachel Ruysch was a Dutch artist who specialized in still-life paintings of flowers, one of only three significant women artists in Dutch Golden Age painting, of whom Maria van Oosterwijk was also a flower painter, and Judith Leyster mainly not .She was born in The...
also painted. She married the painter Willem Troost and had eight children, though only two survived infancy.