Nicolas de Nicolay (1517 - 1583)
1517La Grave, France1583-06-25Soissons, France
Nicolas de Nicolay
Nicolas de Nicolay, Sieur d'Arfeville & de Belair was a French geographer and artist.
He traveled in Germany, Denmark, England, Sweden, Italy, Spain, Greece and Turkey and served in the armies of most of these countries. Nicholas was the king's geographer, and in 1551 Henry II sent him to Constantinople to work on the d'Aramont embassy. This enabled Nicolas to see a world hitherto virtually unknown in the West. As a result of his work, Nicolas published Travels in Turkey (1567), which depicts the costumes of the peoples of the Middle East, representatives of various nationalities and ethnicities, including Turks, Greeks, Armenians, Jews, and pilgrims to Mecca.
Date and place of birt: | 1517, La Grave, France |
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Date and place of death: | 25 june 1583, Soissons, France |
Period of activity: | XVI century |
Specialization: | Artist, Geographer |
Genre: | Genre art, History painting |
Art style: | Baroque |