Jan Nagel (painter)
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Jan Nagel was a Dutch Renaissance painter.
. Houbraken mentions him only as the teacher of Claes Jacobsz van der Heck
.
According to Karel van Mander, who also mentions him on the last page of his Schilder-boeck
as the teacher of Claes Jacobsz van der Heck, he was a follower of the Antwerp painter Cornelis Molenaer
, as good as he was at landscape painting, but better at portraits, from either Haarlem or Alkmaar, who died at the Hague in 1602. He spelled his name Ian Nagel or Naghel.
According to the RKD his daughter Neeltge married the painter Sijbert Cornelisz Moninckx, father of Pieter Moninckx
, and he became a member of the Guild of Saint Luke
in the Hague in 1600, where he later died.
According to the archives of the Haarlem chamber of rhetoric
called Trouw moet Blycken, he was a member ("camerist") who painted their oldest blazoen from 1593. He died in The Hague
.
Biography
Nagel was born in HaarlemHaarlem
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...
. Houbraken mentions him only as the teacher of Claes Jacobsz van der Heck
Claes Jacobsz van der Heck
Claes Jacobsz van der Heck , was a Dutch Golden Age painter.-Biography:According to Karel van Mander he was a good painter, disciple of Jan Nagel , related to Maarten van Heemskerck, and specialized in landscapes.According to Houbraken who mentions that he was listed on the last page of the...
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According to Karel van Mander, who also mentions him on the last page of his Schilder-boeck
Schilder-boeck
The Schilder-Boeck is a book by the art historian Karel van Mander written in 1604. It was actually compiled from three books in total; the first was a translation from Giorgio Vasari's list of artist biographies called the Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, the...
as the teacher of Claes Jacobsz van der Heck, he was a follower of the Antwerp painter Cornelis Molenaer
Cornelis Molenaer
-Biography:Molenaer was born and died in Antwerp. According to Karel van Mander he was called Schele Neel, or "near-sighted Neal". He was a good landscape painter with little feeling for figures. He hired himself out for a day's wages and could paint a complete landscape in one day in the...
, as good as he was at landscape painting, but better at portraits, from either Haarlem or Alkmaar, who died at the Hague in 1602. He spelled his name Ian Nagel or Naghel.
According to the RKD his daughter Neeltge married the painter Sijbert Cornelisz Moninckx, father of Pieter Moninckx
Pieter Moninckx
Pieter Moninckx , was a Dutch Golden Age painter.-Biography:According to Houbraken he spent 13 years in Rome serving the Pope, and painted genre and conversation pieces in the manner of Gerarts...
, and he became a member of the Guild of Saint Luke
Guild of Saint Luke
The Guild of Saint Luke was the most common name for a city guild for painters and other artists in early modern Europe, especially in the Low Countries. They were named in honor of the Evangelist Luke, the patron saint of artists, who was identified by John of Damascus as having painted the...
in the Hague in 1600, where he later died.
According to the archives of the Haarlem chamber of rhetoric
Chamber of rhetoric
Chambers of rhetoric were dramatic societies in the Low Countries. Their members are called Rederijkers , from the french word 'rhétoricien', and during the 15th and 16th centuries were mainly interested in dramas and lyrics...
called Trouw moet Blycken, he was a member ("camerist") who painted their oldest blazoen from 1593. He died in The Hague
The Hague
The Hague is the capital city of the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. With a population of 500,000 inhabitants , it is the third largest city of the Netherlands, after Amsterdam and Rotterdam...
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