Discover painter, decorative painter (of interiors) Nicolaes van Galen

Qualifications: painter, decorative painter (of interiors)

Nationality/school: North Netherlandish

Born: 1610/1630
ca. 1620

Deceased: 1683/1703
na 1683

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3 hits in RKDimages as artist
2 hits in RKDlibrary as subject
3 hits in RKDexcerpts as artist

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Hasselt (Overijssel) 1646
Hij wordt voor het eerst in Hasselt vermeld. Ook in 1676 wordt hij daar genoemd als hoofd van het hospitaal aldaar en in 1683 als houder van de bank van lening; zijn enige schilderij (thans in het stadhuis te Hasselt) is 1657 gedateerd
Kampen (plaats, Overijssel) 1652
had hier contact met de Amsterdamse kunsthandelaar Jacob Ritsma

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Follower of: Brugghen, Hendrick ter

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.: allegory, genre

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.: Caravaggisti

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Thieme/Becker 1907-1950 , vol. 13 (1920), p. 90
Witt Checklist 1978

B. Nicolson, Caravaggism in Europe, Oxford, 1979, 2e ed., dl.I, p. 108
A. Blankert, 'Nicolaes van Galen (of A. van der Planck?)', biografisch gedeelte], in: A. Blankert e.a., Hollands Classicisme in de zeventiende -eeuwse schilderkunst, (tent.cat. Rotterdam-Frankfurt a/M), Rotterdam 1999, p. 316

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Project: Inventory Decorative Interior Paintings in the Netherlands (1600-1940)

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Creation date: 1991-12-15; Last modified date: 2023-03-27

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