Nikolaas Verkolje
Dutch painter
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| Intro | Dutch painter | ||
| A.K.A. | Nicolaas Verkolje Nicolaas Jansz. Verkolje Nicolas Verkolye Nicolaes Verkolje Nicolaas Jansz. Verkolie | ||
| A.K.A. | Nicolaas Verkolje Nicolaas Jansz. Verkolje Nicolas Verkolye Nicolaes Verkolje Nicolaas Jansz. Verkolie | ||
| Places | Netherlands | ||
| was | Painter | ||
| Work field | Arts | ||
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| Birth | 11 April 1673, Delft, South Holland, Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands | ||
| Death | 21 January 1746Amsterdam, Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands (aged 72 years) | ||
| Star sign | Aries | ||
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Nicolaas Verkolje (11 April 1673, Delft – 21 January 1746, Amsterdam), was a Dutch Golden Age painter and mezzotint maker.
Biography
According to Houbraken he was the son of Jan Verkolje and the only one of 5 children to carry on his art. Houbraken intended to write a biographical sketch of Nicolaas in his birth year of 1673, but never got that far (he died before publication of Volume III, which contains Jan Verkolje's biographical sketch).
According to the RKD both he and his brother Jan II became painters, having learned painting from their father. Nicolaas became the teacher of Arnout Bentinck, Jan Matthias Kok, Jan Maurits Quinkhard, and Arnout Rentinck.
Nicolaes Verkolje made a portrait of Gabriel Metsu.