Nicolaas Roosendael
The good Samaritan heals the traveller, 1665
Nicolaas Roosendael (1634, Hoorn – 1686, Amsterdam), was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
Biography[]
According to Houbraken he was the companion of Jacob Toorenvliet on his trip to Italy, but it is unknown whether he joined the bentvueghels with him or not.[1]
According to the RKD he travelled to Rome in 1670.[2] On his return he settled in Amsterdam, where he made many pieces for the Begijnhof.[3]
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References[]
- ^ (in Dutch) Jakob Torenvliet biography in De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature
- ^ Nicolaas Roosendael in the RKD
- ^ The Seventeenth century (Dutch magazine), 1999, Publisher Verloren, Hilversum
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