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Nicolaas Roosendael

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The good Samaritan heals the traveller, 1665

Nicolaas Roosendael (1634, Hoorn – 1686, Amsterdam), was a Dutch Golden Age painter.

Biography

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According to Houbraken he was the companion of Jacob Toorenvliet on his trip to Italy, but it is unknown whether he joined the bentvueghels with him or not.[1]

According to the RKD he travelled to Rome in 1670.[2] On his return he settled in Amsterdam, where he made many pieces for the Begijnhof.[3]

References

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  1. ^ (in Dutch) Jakob Torenvliet biography in De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature
  2. ^ Nicolaas Roosendael in the RKD
  3. ^ The Seventeenth century (Dutch magazine), 1999, Publisher Verloren, Hilversum