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Nicolaas Nicolaas is the Dutch equivalent of the masculine given name Nicholas. Before the 19th century the name was also written Nicolaes, while Nikolaas is an uncommon variant spelling. Most people with the name use a short form in daily life, like ''Claa ...

in modern Dutch.

Notable people

Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem (1 October 1620 – 18 February 1683) was a highly esteemed and prolific Dutch Golden Age painter of pastoral landscapes, populated with mythological or biblical figures, but also of a number of allegories and genre ...

(1620–1683), Dutch Golden Age painter * Nicolaes Boddingius (1605–1669), Dutch schoolmaster, writer and minister *

Nicolaes Borremans Nicolaes Borremans (c. 1614 – 1679) became in 1649 a Remonstrant preacher in Nieuwkoop and in Maasland from 1650 till 1679 when, due to a disease, he asked to be dismissed after which he was pensioned off. Borremans was born in Amsterdam. So ...

(c. 1614 – 1679), Dutch preacher * Nicolaes Cave (fl 1619 – 1651), Flemish painter * Nicolaes Coeckebacker (fl.1633–1639), Chief of the Dutch trading factory at Hirado, Japan * (fl.1500–1507), Flemish composer *

Nicolaes Hals Nicolaes Hals (1628, Haarlem – 1686, Haarlem), was a Dutch Golden Age painter. Biography According to Houbraken who mistakenly mentioned him as one of the grandsons of the painter Frans Hals by his son Jan, he was like his brothers Harman, ...

(1628–1686), Dutch painter *

Nicolaes Couckebacker Nicolaes, Nicolaas, or Nicolas Coeckebacker or Couckebacker was twice Chief of the Dutch trading factory at Hirado, the Japanese trading post of the Dutch East India Company. He arrived in 1633 and stayed until fall 1635. His second stay as VOC Oppe ...

(1600s), Dutch factory chief *

Nicolaes Geelvinck Nicolaes Geelvinck (11 October 1706, in Amsterdam – 15 June 1764, in Amsterdam) was lord of Castricum, Bakkum, Santpoort, Velsen, Stabroek, schepen, and owner of the country estate Akerendam-by-Beverwijk. He was appointed as mayor of Amsterdam ...

(1706–1764), Dutch landowner and mayor of Amsterdam *

Nicolaes Gillis Nicolaes Gillis (1595, Antwerp – 1632, Haarlem), was a Dutch Golden Age still life painter. Biography According to the RKD he is known for fruit and flower still lifes and is known as one of the first few painters of the ''banketje'', or "b ...

(1595–1632), Dutch painter *

(1628–1686), Dutch painter * Nicolaes Jonghelinck (1517–1570), Flemish merchant banker and art collector * Nicolaes à Kempis (c.1600–1676), Flemish composer active in Brussels * Nicolaes Lachtropius (1640–1700), Dutch painter * Nicolaes Lastman (1585–1625), Dutch painter * Nicolaes Latombe (1616–1676), Dutch painter *

Nicolaes Lauwers Nicolaes Lauwers (1600, Antwerp – 1652, Antwerp), was a Flemish engraver. Biography According to the RKD he joined the Antwerp Guild of St. Luke in 1619, and opened a print workshop shortly after that on the Lombardenvest, called ‘In de sc ...

(1600–1652), Flemish engraver *

Nicolaes Maes Nicolaes Maes (January 1634December 1693 (buried 24 December 1693)) was a Dutch painter known for his genre scenes, portraits, religious compositions and the occasional still life. A pupil of Rembrandt in Amsterdam, he returned to work in his n ...

(1634–1693), Dutch painter *

Nicolaes Millich Nicolaes Millich or Nicholas Millich (1629-c. 1699) was a Flemish sculptor, architect and designer of armor and ephemeral objects.Nicolaes Molenaer Nicolaes (Klaes) Molenaer (1626-1629 in Haarlem – 1676 in Haarlem) was a Dutch Golden Age landscape painter and Drawing, draughtsman. Biography Molenaer was born and died in Haarlem in the family of tailor Jan Mienssen Molenaer and his second ...

(1630–1676), Dutch painter * Nicolaes Moyaert (1592–1655), Dutch painter *

Nicolaes Pickenoy Nicolaes Eliaszoon Pickenoy (10 January 1588 – 1653/1656) was a Dutch painter of Flemish origin. Pickenoy was possibly a pupil of Cornelis van der Voort and presumably Bartholomeus van der Helst was his own pupil. Life He was the son ...

(1588 – 1653/1656), Dutch painter * Nicolaes Pitau (1632–1671), Flemish-born French engraver and printmaker, son of Nicolaes Lauwers *

Nicolaes Roose Nicolaas Liemaker, or ''de Liemaker'', ''de Liemaeckere, surnamed Roose'', or Nicolaes Roose (1601 – 1646), a Flemish historical painter, was born at Ghent in 1601. He was the son of Jacob De Liemaker, a painter upon glass, and is said by Descam ...

, alias of Nicolaas de Liemaker (1601–1646), Flemish historical painter *

Nicolaes Ruts Nicolaes is a given name that is spelled Nicolaas in modern Dutch. Notable people *Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem (1620–1683), Dutch Golden Age painter * Nicolaes Boddingius (1605–1669), Dutch schoolmaster, writer and minister *Nicolaes Borrema ...

(1573–1638, German merchant *

Nicolaes Tulp Nicolaes Tulp (9 October 1593 – 12 September 1674) was a Dutch surgeon and mayor of Amsterdam. Tulp was well known for his upstanding moral character and as the subject of Rembrandt's famous painting ''The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp'' ...

(1593–1674), Dutch surgeon and politician * Nicolaes Vallet (c.1583–c.1642), French-born Dutch lutenist and composer *

Nicolaes Visscher I Nicolaes Visscher I (25 January 1618, Amsterdam – buried 11 September 1679, Amsterdam) was a Dutch engraver, cartographer and publisher. He was the son of Claes Janszoon Visscher. His son, Nicolaes Visscher II (1649–1702), also worked with him ...

(1618–1679), Dutch engraver and cartographer *

Nicolaes Visscher II Nicolaes Visscher II (1649, Amsterdam – 1702, Amsterdam) was a Dutch engraver, cartographer and publisher. He was the son of Nicolaes Visscher I Nicolaes Visscher I (25 January 1618, Amsterdam – buried 11 September 1679, Amsterdam) was a Dutch e ...

(1649–1702), Dutch engraver and cartographer *

Nicolaes Willingh Nicolaes Willingh (1640, The Hague – 1678, Berlin), was a Dutch Golden Age painter. Biography According to Houbraken he was the teacher of Robbert Duval and Augustinus Terwesten.Nicolaes Witsen Nicolaes Witsen (8 May 1641 – 10 August 1717; modern Dutch: ''Nicolaas Witsen'') was a Dutch statesman who was mayor of Amsterdam thirteen times, between 1682 and 1706. In 1693 he became administrator of the Dutch East India Company (VOC). I ...

(1641–1717), Dutch statesman, ambassador, cartographer and writer on shipbuilding *

Nicolaes Woutersz van der Meer Nicolaes Woutersz van der Meer (1575 – 1666) was a Dutch brewer, magistrate and mayor of Haarlem, best known today for his portrait with its pendant of his wife Cornelia Claesdr Voogt, both painted by Frans Hals in 1631. Biography He was b ...

(1575–1666), Dutch politician *

Nicolaes de Bruyn Nicolaes de Bruyn (Antwerp, 1571 - Rotterdam, 1656)Biographical details
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(1571–1656), Flemish engraver * Nicolaes de Giselaer (1583–c.1654), Dutch painter * Nicolaes de Helt Stockade (1614–1669), Dutch painter * Nicolaes de Kemp (1574–1647), Dutch painter *

Nicolaes de Vree Nicolaes de Vree (1645–1702) was a Dutch Golden Age painter. Biography De Vree was born in Amsterdam. According to Houbraken, he painted landscapes, flowers, thistles, and herbs.