Jacoba Maria van Nickelen

The field of work recorded is painting. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are still life and floral. Work by Jacoba Maria van Nickelen is recorded in the collections of Städel Museum, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna and Wallraf–Richartz Museum.

• Name — Jacoba Maria van Nickelen • Birthplace — Haarlem, Netherlands • Died — 20 September 1749 • Place of death — Amsterdam, Dutch Republic • Field — Painting • Spouse — Willem Troost

• Illustration — Flowers in a vase set in a stone niche van Nicklen 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. 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. van Nickelen died in Amsterdam in 1749.