Frans Hals - Nicolaas van Loo - detail of schutterstuk 1639

Nicolaes van Loo (1607 – 1641), was a Dutch Golden Age brewer from Haarlem, best known today for his portrait by Frans Hals.

Biography

He was born in Haarlem as the oldest son of the brewer

Johan Claesz Loo Johan Claesz van Loo (c.1585 – 1660), was a Dutch brewer, owning De Drie Leliën (The Three Lilies) in Haarlem, best known today for his portrait painted by Frans Hals. Biography He was painted twice by Hals in his capacity as member of the ...

and Margriet Akersloot. Their family brewery was situated in the Vissersbocht on the

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river and was called ''De Drie Lelien''. Nicolaes' brother Cornelis became mayor of Haarlem and his sister Risje married the son of the mayor of Delft,

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. Nicolaes was destined to inherit the family business, and in expectation of a merger with another local brewery, in 1640 he married

Aletta Hannemans Aletta Hanemans (1606–1653), was a Dutch brewer. She became the brewer of the ''Hoeffijser'' in Haarlem. She is best known today for her marriage portrait by Frans Hals, painted when she married the brewer, magistrate, and later mayor of Haa ...

, the rich widow of the brewer

Jacob Pietersz Olycan Jacob Pietersz Olycan (1596 – 1638), was a brewer, magistrate, and later mayor of Haarlem, best known today for his portrait by Frans Hals, pendant to the portrait of Aletta Hannemans, whom he married in Zwolle in 1624. Biography He was the ...

, but he died the following year, leaving his widow to carry on the business without him.

References

*Collections of Paintings in Haarlem: 1572–1745, by

Pieter Biesboer Pieter Biesboer (born 1944), is a Dutch art historian and prolific writer on 17th-century Dutch art. His specialty is art from Haarlem. Career Biesboer was a curator at Stedelijk Museum het Prinsenhof in Delft during the years 1973-1976. Bie ...

(editor Carol Togneri), Getty Trust Publications, Los Angeles, 2001 1607 births 1641 deaths Dutch businesspeople Businesspeople from Haarlem Frans Hals Frans Hals Museum Dutch brewers {{Netherlands-bio-stub