Friday, September 3, 2021

Adriaen van Nieulandt and Willem van Nieulandt

Adriaen van Nieulandt the Younger
Vanitas Still Life
1636
oil on panel
Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem

Adriaen van Nieulandt the Younger
Diana with Nymphs
1615
oil on canvas
National Trust, Ham House, London

Adriaen van Nieulandt the Younger
Prince Maurits with Horse and Groom
1624
oil on canvas
Walters Art Museum, Baltimore

attributed to Adriaen van Nieulandt the Younger
Joseph sold by his Brothers
before 1658
oil on panel (sketch)
private collection

Willem van Nieulandt the Younger
Adoration of the Magi
ca. 1610-20
oil on panel
Royal Castle, Warsaw

Willem van Nieulandt the Younger
Rebecca and Eleazar
1632
oil on panel
National Museum, Warsaw 

Willem van Nieulandt the Younger
Jacob returning to Canaan
1611
oil on copper
Pushkin Museum, Moscow

Willem van Nieulandt the Younger
Capriccio Landscape with Return of Tobit
1614
oil on panel
National Museum, Warsaw

Willem van Nieulandt the Younger
Capriccio Landscape with the Horse Tamers
ca. 1615
oil on panel
National Museum, Gdansk

Willem van Nieulandt the Younger
View of the Roman Forum
ca. 1610-15
oil on copper
private collection

Willem van Nieulandt the Younger
The Flight into Egypt (among Roman Ruins)
ca. 1601-1618
etching
Philadelphia Museum of Art

Willem van Nieulandt the Younger
View of Castel Sant' Angelo, Rome
ca. 1601-1618
etching
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Willem van Nieulandt the Younger
Roman Ruin
ca. 1601-1618
etching
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Willem van Nieulandt the Younger
View of Rome from Monte Pincio
ca. 1601-1618
etching
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Willem van Nieulandt the Younger
View of Rome
ca. 1601-1618
drawing
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Adriaen van Nieulandt the Younger (1587-1658) and Willem van Nieulandt the Younger (1584-1635) were sons of the artist Adriaen van Nieulandt the Elder, who had moved his family from Antwerp to Amsterdam in 1589 when both brothers were in their infancy.  Their father's motives for resettling in Holland are thought to have been both religious (to avoid persecution as Protestants) and economic (with the Amsterdam art market of the time offering more stability).  Willem trained with Roelant Savery, then studied in Rome with Paul Bril early in the new century, learning to exploit the bottomless appetite of the era for views of antique ruins and artifacts.  Adriaen remained in Amsterdam, training with local artists in traditional genres of still life, portraiture and narrative.  A third brother, Jacob, also became a painter, but little of his work appears to have survived.