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Matthijs Naiveu

male / North Netherlandish

painter

Name variations

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: Naiveu, Matthys
Neveu, Matthys
Naiveau, Matthys

Qualifications: painter
became in 1696 inspector to hop of the breweries

Nationality/school: North Netherlandish

Born: Leiden (city) 1647-04/1647-04-16
christened on April 16, 1647 (von Wurzbach 1910)

Deceased: Amsterdam (city) 1726-06-04
died on June 4, 1726 and was buried on 8 June, next to his wife in the Nieuwezijds Kapel (Sluijter1988, p. 186-195)

Family relationships this field records any family relationship to one or more other artist(s).: son of Mattheus Willems Naiveu, wine merchant from Rotterdam, and Jannetgien Melcke from Leiden; broter of Jan (born 1649) and Philippe (born 1651); married on 4 January 1675 in Leiden with the widow Agatha van Strichtenhuyse (buried on 7 March 1722 in Nieuwezijdskapel, Amsterdam), parents of Matheus (christened 6 October 1675) and Susanna (christened 1 December 1677) (Sluijter et al. 1988)

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Toorenvliet, Jacob

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Leiden (stad) 1667 - 1678
1667-1669 student of Gerard Dou; 1671 member of the Saint Luke Guild; from 1677 to 1679 dean; still in Leiden in June 1678 (Sluijter 1988, p. 186-195)
Amsterdam (stad) 1679 - 1726
moved to Amsterdam in the second half of 1678 or in 1679; lived on the Prinsengracht 'over de Spiegelgracht'; he and his wife made their will there on 14 December 1691 (Sluijter 1988, p. 186-195)

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Connections with other artists

Pupil of This field mentions the names of teachers or masters. What is at issue are the teachers who made a significant contribution to the development of a students, as opposed to every instructor they ever had. See also the 'Education' field.: Dou, Gerard
Toorenvliet, Abraham (I)
according to Houbraken 1718-1721, vol.3, p. 228, apprentice of Toorenvliet (c. 1665); between 1667 and 1669 of Gerard Dou.
Teacher of This field mentions the names of pupils. What is at issue are the pupils who were significantly influenced by a teacher as opposed to every student someone ever had. See also the 'Education' field.: Stapert, Focke

Sluijter et al. 1988, p. 186: on 28 July 1702 he was still with Naiveu who was very satisfied with him.

Subjects This field specifies the various subject categories or genres that constitute the oeuvre of the artist in question. The contents of this field are generally based more on the documentation available at the RKD than on the literature.: genre, history (genre), allegory, portrait, still life, flower piece, fruit piece

Medium/technique: oil paint

Art movement Here we mention the art movement to which an artist belonged. Many art movements have not yet been entered, because the content of this field is still under development.: fine art painting

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Sint-Lucasgilde (Leiden)

Literature

Houbraken 1718-1721 , vol. 3 (1721), p. 228-229
Weyerman 1729-1769 , vol. 3, p. 62
Von Wurzbach 1906-1911 , vol. 2 (1910), p. 214
Thieme/Becker 1907-1950 , vol. 25 (1931), p. 335 (as: Naiveu, Matthys)
Gerson 1942/1983 , p. 172
Witt Checklist 1978 , p. 224 (as: Naiveu or Neveu, Matthijs)
Sutton 1984 , p. 72
Sluijter et al. 1988 , p. 186-195
Van der Willigen/Meijer 2003 , p. 148 (as: Matthijs Naiveu)
Aono 2015 , passim
Bikker et al. 2016 , p. 126-133 (A.-M. Dzidzaria-Kööp, 'Partying in Amsterdam. The annual kermis and a reminder of Peter the Great's visit in a pair of paintings by Matthijs Naiveu')
Saur 1992- , vol. 91 (2016), p. 467 (text: I. Veldman)
Horn/Van Leeuwen 2021 [Houbraken Translated]

W. Martin, 'Bladvulling. Matthys Naiveu', Oud-Holland 20 (1902), p. 64.
M. Jonker, 'Matthijs Naiveu schildert Hendrick Staets in 1683', Maandblad Amstelodamum 89 (2002), no. 6, p. 27-22

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Creation date: 1992-02-01; Last modified date: 2023-05-16

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