Nikolaas Verkolje

Nicolaas Verkolje (April 11, 1673, Delft – January 21, 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.^[1] 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.^[2]

Nicolaes Verkolje made a portrait of Gabriel Metsu.

References

^ (Dutch) Johannes Verkolje in De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature
^ Nicolaas Verkolje in the RKD

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Name	Verkolje, Nicolaas
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Date of birth	April 11, 1673
Place of birth	Delft
Date of death	January 21, 1746
Place of death	Amsterdam