Catalogue information
Portrait of Willem II van Nieulandt (1584-1635), painter and printmaker, with a hat on his head. At the bottom in the margin, a six-line text about his work in French. Willem II learned the trade from Jacob Savery in Amsterdam. In 1601 he went to Rome where he lived and worked with his uncle Willem (I) and in 1604 also in the studio of Paul Bril. He then returned to Amsterdam, where he married Anna Hustaert in 1606. In the same year, the couple moved to Antwerp, where William became a member of the local Guild of Saint Luke. In 1629 he went back to Amsterdam. One of his children, a daughter Catharina, married the painter Adriaen van Utrecht. In 1635 he published a tragedy in his capacity as a writer. Etching and engraving by Joannes Meyssens (1612-1670). Signed in print. Included as an illustration in: C. de Bie. "The golden Cabinet of the noble vry Schilder-const", Antwerp, Joannes Meyssens, 1662. Source: Rijksmuseum, 2015.
This text has been translated automatically from Dutch
Click here for the original text