Nikolaes Knüpfer
(1609–1655) tysk-nederländsk målare
Nikolaes Knüpfer (1609–1655) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Nikolaes Knüpfer belongs to the chapter ‘The Baroque’ in this site’s history of art.
Nikolaes Knüpfer was born in Leipzig and died in Utrecht. Wikidata associates Nikolaes Knüpfer with Baroque painting. The students included Jan Steen.
The best-known works include ‘The legates of Alexander the Great investing the gardener Abdalonymus with the insignia of the kingship of Sidon’ and ‘Scene from the marriage of Messaline and Gaius Silius, possibly an episode from a play’. The catalogue has 29 works by Nikolaes Knüpfer with free images. The dated works span the years 1628–1655. Works by Nikolaes Knüpfer are held by several collections, among them Centraal Museum, Statens Museum for Kunst, Eremitaget, and Instituut Collectie Nederland.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Judith Leyster, Alexander Cooper, Carlo Francesco Nuvolone, Karel van Mander den yngste, and Louis Boullogne.