Nicolaes Lauwers or Nicolaas Lauwers (1600,
Antwerp
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– 1652,
Antwerp
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), was a Flemish engraver, draughtsman, publisher, printer and
art dealer
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An art dealer in contemporary art typically seeks out various artists to represent, and builds relationsh ...
.
[Nicolaes Lauwers]
at the Netherlands Institute for Art History
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[Nicolaas Lauwers]
at the British Museum
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He is known for his reproductive prints after works by leading Flemish artists such as
Rubens
Sir Peter Paul Rubens ( ; ; 28 June 1577 – 30 May 1640) was a Flemish artist and diplomat. He is considered the most influential artist of the Flemish Baroque tradition. Rubens' highly charged compositions reference erudite aspects of clas ...
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Life
He was born in Antwerp on 27 April 1600 as the son of Jacob Lauwers and Margareta Huysraet. He joined the Antwerp Guild of St. Luke in 1619, and opened a print workshop shortly after that on the Lombardenvest, called ''In de scryvende Hand'' (''In the writing hand''). He married on 8 February 1628 Maria Vermeulen. Their son Coenraed also became an engraver. Nicolaes was elected a deacon of the Antwerp guild in 1635.[
He was buried in Antwerp on 4 November 1652.][
His pupils included Nicolaes Pitau, ]Hendrick Snyers
Hendrick Snyers (born 1611, Antwerp – died 1644, Antwerp), was a Flemish Baroque engraver.
Biography
Snyers was a pupil of Nicolaes Lauwers in 1635–1636. In 1643 he promised to work for the history painter Abraham van Diepenbeeck for th ...
, Gilles de la Forgie, Marinus Vigilet, Matheus Wtenbrouck and J. B. Vervoort in addition to his son Coenraed.
Work
He is known for engraving and publishing prints after Rubens
Sir Peter Paul Rubens ( ; ; 28 June 1577 – 30 May 1640) was a Flemish artist and diplomat. He is considered the most influential artist of the Flemish Baroque tradition. Rubens' highly charged compositions reference erudite aspects of clas ...
, and other prominent Flemish painters of the century.['Nicolaes Lauvvers'']
in: Cornelis de Bie, ''Het Gulden Cabinet'', Johannes Meyssens, Antwerp, page 473
Engravings
*''Jupiter and Mercury with Philemon and Baucis'' after .
*''The Triumph of the Holy Sacrament'' after Rubens.
*''The Adoration of the Magi with Torches'' after Rubens.
*''Jesus Christ before Pilate'' after Rubens.
*''The descent from the Cross'' after Rubens.
*''The concert of Saint Cecilia'' after Gerard Seghers.
References
External links
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1600 births
1652 deaths
17th-century Flemish engravers
Flemish publishers
Flemish printers
Flemish art dealers
Draughtsmen from Antwerp
Flemish draughtsmen