Nicolaas I van Eyck

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Soldiers resting in a village , around 1640.

Nicolaas I van Eyck (born February 9, 1617 in Antwerp ; † 1679 there ) was a Flemish portrait and genre painter .

Life

From 1632 to 1633 he was an apprentice to Theodor Rombouts . In 1641/42 van Eyck must have already been master of the Guild of St. Luke , since he registered apprentices. In 1642 he married and the marriage had two sons, one of whom Nicolaas II van Eyck (1646–1692) also became a painter.

In 1658 Nicolaas I became captain of the Antwerp Civil Guard. He painted genre pictures from the life of a soldier in the manner of Pieter Snayer . In addition to the military subject , however, he also dealt with religious content.

Today his paintings can be found in the Netherlands , Northern Italy and Austria .

Works (selection)

  • Soldiers' rest in a village (Imperial troops occupy a Flemish village) , oil on canvas, approx. 130 × 170 cm. Army History Museum , Vienna .

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Kurt Zoege von Manteuffel: Eyck, Nicolaas II van . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 11 : Erman-Fiorenzo . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1915, p. 134 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
  2. ^ Kurt Zoege von Manteuffel: Eyck, Nicolaas I van . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 11 : Erman-Fiorenzo . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1915, p. 134 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
  3. ↑ Johann Christoph Allmayer-Beck : The Army History Museum Vienna. Room I - From the beginnings of the standing army to the end of the 17th century. Salzburg 1982, p. 27.
personal data
SURNAME Eyck, Nicolaas I van
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Flemish portrait and genre painter
DATE OF BIRTH February 9, 1617
PLACE OF BIRTH Antwerp
DATE OF DEATH 1679
Place of death Antwerp