Nicolaes Willingh
Nicolaes Willingh (1640, The Hague – 1678, Berlin), was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
Also recorded as Nicolaes Willing · Nicolaes Wielings · Nicolas Wielling · Nicolaes Wieling
Nicolaes Willingh
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- Born
- 1640 · The Hague.
- Died
- 1678 · Berlin.
- Nationality
- County of Holland · Dutch Republic
- Occupation
- painter · decorator
- Languages
- Dutch
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The recorded working language is Dutch. Places of work recorded in the authority are The Hague and Berlin. Positions recorded include court painter. Work by Nicolaes Willingh is recorded in the collections of Frans Hals Museum, Bomann-Museum, Hessen Kassel Heritage and Sanssouci Picture Gallery.
• Illustration — Signature of Nicolaes Willingh According to Houbraken he was the teacher of Robbert Duval and Augustinus Terwesten. According to Jan van Gool, who was curious about Houbraken's "teacher of Robbert Duval and Augustinus Terwesten", he was born in the Hague and made a name for himself working for the "Grave van Hoorn" (Count of Hoorn). He died in Berlin in 1678. According to the RKD he was the brother-in-law of Anthony de Haen, father of Pieter Willingh, and member of the Confrerie Pictura in the Hague. He became court painter to Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg in 1667, and his pupils were Robbert Duval, Louis Michiel, and Augustinus Terwesten I. He is known for landscapes and historical allegories.
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- 1.Stedelijk Museum Haarlem: Catalogus der schilderijen in het Stedelijk Museum te Haarlem (...), pagina 105, Haarlem 1909
- 2.Frederik Obreen: Archief voor Nederlandsche Kunstgeschiedenis, deel 4, Uitgeverij Van Hengel & Eeltjes, 1882
- 3.Walter A. Liedtke e.a.: Vermeer and the Delft School, pagina 69, uitgegeven door Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2001,
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