Isaak Nicolai or Isaac Claesz van Swanenburg (1537 – 1614 in Leiden) was a
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painter and
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active in Leiden and
Gouda. He was a city council member from 1576 and became mayor of Leiden five times.
Biography
According to
Houbraken Houbraken is a Dutch-language surname. People with this surname include:
*Antonina Houbraken (1686–1736), Dutch artist, daughter of Arnold Houbraken
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, Swanenburg was a very good painter, whose paintings hung in various council buildings of Leiden. Houbraken was surprised that Swanenburg was never mentioned in
Karel van Mander
Karel van Mander (I) or Carel van Mander I (May 1548 – 2 September 1606) was a Flemish painter, poet, art historian and art theoretician, who established himself in the Dutch Republic in the latter part of his life. He is mainly remember ...
's ''Schilder-boeck''.
[Isaak Nicolai biography]
in ''De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen'' (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature
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Houbraken was however mistaken, because Swanenburg is mentioned as one of more than 20 disciples of
Frans Floris
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in Van Mander's long list of pupils.
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