Nicolas Neufchatel or Neufchâtel (), known as Lucidel, was a
Flemish
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painter
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and
draughtsman. He worked in
Germany
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and was noted as one of the leading
portrait
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painters of the 1560s.
Life
The earliest likely reference to Neufchatel occurs in the
archives
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of the Antwerp's
Guild of St. Luke, which list a 'Colyn van Nieucasteel' as a student of
in the year 1539. As a student in
Antwerp
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, Neufchatel would have been introduced to the works of
Frans Floris
Frans Floris, Frans Floris the Elder or Frans Floris de Vriendt (17 April 15191 October 1570) was a Flemish painter, draughtsman, print artist and tapestry designer. He is mainly known for his history paintings, allegorical scenes and portraits. ...
,
Willem Key
Willem Adriaensz Key (1516 – 5 June 1568) was a Dutch and Flemish Renaissance painting, Flemish Renaissance painter.
Biography
Key was born in Breda, Netherlands. In 1529 he was known to be a pupil of Pieter Coecke van Aelst in Antwerp. ...
, and other masters of the 1540s. From 1561 to 1567 he lived in
Nuremberg
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. It appears that he relocated to Germany for religious reasons, for on 23 July 1567, the
city council
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ordered him not engage in any more
Calvinist
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agitation. It is believed that he stayed in Nuremberg until at least 1573, the year he painted a portrait of
Johan Gregor van der Schardt
Johan (or Jan) Gregor van der Schardt (c. 1530/31 in Nijmegen, Netherlands – after 1581 in Denmark) was a sculptor from the Northern Renaissance.
Life
He toured Italy in the 1560s and among others worked in Bologna. From 1569 to 1576 he was i ...
. After that year nothing is known of his life.
External links
Works of Neufchatel at the National Gallery in LondonWorks of Neufchatel at Kunst Indeks Danmark
16th-century Flemish painters
1520s births
1590s deaths
People from Mons, Belgium
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