Johan Dircksz. van Nes (died 1650 in
Delft
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), was a
Dutch Golden Age
The Dutch Golden Age ( nl, Gouden Eeuw ) was a period in the history of the Netherlands, roughly spanning the era from 1588 (the birth of the Dutch Republic) to 1672 (the Rampjaar, "Disaster Year"), in which Dutch trade, science, and art an ...
painter.
Biography
According to Houbraken he was a pupil of Michiel van Mierevelt, and was able to travel on the proceeds of his own painting ability. He travelled in France and Italy.
[Johan Dircksz van Nes 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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According to the RKD he was the pupil of
Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt
Michiel Janszoon van Mierevelt, often abbreviated as Michiel Jansz. and the surname also spelled Miereveld or Miereveldt, (; 1 May 1566 – 27 June 1641) was a Dutch painter and draftsman of the Dutch Golden Age.
Biography
Van Mierevelt was ...
and the teacher of the painter
. Johan van Nes painted a portrait of the priest
Joannes Stalpart van der Wielen.
[Johan Dircksz van Nes]
in the RKD
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References
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1650 deaths
Dutch Golden Age painters
Dutch male painters
Painters from Delft