Jacoba Maria van Nickelen

Jacoba Maria van Nickelen (1690, Haarlem 1749, Amsterdam), was an 18th-century flower painter from the Northern Netherlands.[1]

Jacoba Maria van Nickelen
Born1680 (1680)
Haarlem, Netherlands
DiedSeptember 20, 1749(1749-09-20) (aged 68–69)
Amsterdam, Netherlands
NationalityDutch
Known forPainting
Spouse(s)Willem Troost

Biography

She was born into an old painting family of Haarlem; her grandfather Isaak van Nickelen 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.[2] She was active at the court of Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine, where besides Cornelia, the women painters Adriana Spilberg and Rachel Ruysch also painted. She married the painter Willem Troost and had eight children, though only two survived infancy.

Flowers in a vase set in a stone niche

References

  1. van der Hut, Margreet. "Nickelen, Jacoba Maria van (1680-1749)". Huygens Institute of Dutch History. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
  2. Jacoba Maria van Nickelen in the RKD
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