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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 ''Cla ...

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 p ...

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

(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 Amst ...

(1706–1764), Dutch landowner and mayor of Amsterdam * Nicolaes Gillis (1595–1632), Dutch painter * Nicolaes Hals (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 or Nicolaas Lauwers (1600, Antwerp – 1652, Antwerp), was a Flemish engraver, draughtsman, publisher, printer and art dealer.Nicolaes Maes Nicolaes Maes (January 1634December 1693 (buried 24 December 1693)) was a Dutch Republic, Dutch painter known for his Genre painting, genre scenes, Portrait painting, portraits, religious compositions and the occasional still life. A pupil of Re ...

(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 (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 so ...

(1588 – 1653/1656), Dutch painter *

Nicolaes Pitau Nicolas Pitau, or Pittou the Senior (13 May 1632 – 11 February 1671) was a Flemish-born French engraver and printmaker. Biography Born in Antwerp on 13 May 1632 Pitau began his training with his godfather Nicolaes Lauwers (1600–1652), and hi ...

(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 Borre ...

(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 h ...

(1618–1679), Dutch engraver and cartographer *

Nicolaes Visscher II Nicolaes Visscher II (1649, Amsterdam Amsterdam ( , ; ; ) is the capital of the Netherlands, capital and Municipalities of the Netherlands, largest city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It has a population of 933,680 in June 2024 within the ...

(1649–1702), Dutch engraver and cartographer *

Nicolaes Willingh Nicolaes Willingh (1640, The Hague – 1678, Berlin), was a Dutch Golden Age painter. Biography According to Arnold Houbraken, Houbraken he was the teacher of Robbert Duval and Augustinus Terwesten.Nicolaes Witsen Nicolaes Witsen (; 8 May 1641 – 10 August 1717) 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). In 1689, he was extraordinary-ambas ...

(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 bo ...

(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 Nicolaes van Helt Stockade (1614–1669), was a Dutch Golden Age painter. Biography According to Houbraken, Joost van den Vondel made a poem about him. Stockade served as a court painter to King Louis XIII between 1637 and 1645. According to th ...

(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.