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Michiel Nouts
Michiel Servaesz. Nouts or Nuyts (baptised 13 April 1628 in Delft — buried 13 July 1693 in Amsterdam) was a Dutch Golden Age painter who also served as Amsterdam's town musician ( nl, stadsspeelman). Career Nouts may have been active as a painter in his native Delft before he moved to Amsterdam. His painting style suggests that he was influenced by the Delft painter Johannes Vermeer. The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam has a painting by Nouts in its collection, entitled ''Portrait of a woman'' (1656). The oil painting was signed by Nouts and is the only work that can be attributed to him with certainty. The portrayed woman is possibly Nouts' first wife, Marritje Eduwarts van Uytrecht.Godi Dijkman, "Klokken ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
17th-century Dutch Musicians
The 17th century lasted from January 1, 1601 ( MDCI), to December 31, 1700 ( MDCC). It falls into the early modern period of Europe and in that continent (whose impact on the world was increasing) was characterized by the Baroque cultural movement, the latter part of the Spanish Golden Age, the Dutch Golden Age, the French ''Grand Siècle'' dominated by Louis XIV, the Scientific Revolution, the world's first public company and megacorporation known as the Dutch East India Company, and according to some historians, the General Crisis. From the mid-17th century, European politics were increasingly dominated by the Kingdom of France of Louis XIV, where royal power was solidified domestically in the civil war of the Fronde. The semi-feudal territorial French nobility was weakened and subjugated to the power of an absolute monarchy through the reinvention of the Palace of Versailles from a hunting lodge to a gilded prison, in which a greatly expanded royal court could be more easily ke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
