Daniel Nys

Daniel Nijs or Nys (1572-1647) was a Flemish art dealer.

Life

Giulio Romano, La Perla, 1518-1520, Museo del Prado, Madrid

Born in Wesel into a family of Protestant refugees from the Spanish Netherlands (now Belgium) who had settled in Germany, he moved to Venice in 1596. There he worked in a family business alongside his cousin Gabry.[1] He made his fortune and by 1615 had a major art collection of his own. In 1622 he came into contact with Ferdinando Gonzaga, duke of Mantua. Five years later the 7th Duke, Vincenzo II Gonzaga,[2] was in dire financial straits and approached Nys as an intermediary to Charles I of Great Britain, with a view to selling Charles the Gonzaga art collection. Its works included:[3]

Vincenzo II's successor Charles I of Gonzaga-Nevers continued to sell works using Nys as a go-between, including the Triumphs of Caesar now at Hampton Court. Nys died in London in 1647.

References

  1. ↑ The Flemish Merchant of Venice: Daniel Nijs and the Sale of the Gonzaga Art Collection.
  2. ↑ Braglia cidBraglia p.151.
  3. ↑ Braglia cidBraglia pp.152-154.

Bibliography

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