Nicolas de Nicolay (1517 - 1583)

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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
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

Creators Baroque

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David Teniers II (1610 - 1690)
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Jacob Adriaensz Backer (1608 - 1651)
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Paolo de Matteis (1662 - 1728)
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Antonio del Castillo y Saavedra (1616 - 1668)
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Marianne Loir (1705 - 1783)
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Sébastien Leclerc (1637 - 1714)
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Nicolaus Heideloff (1761 - 1837)
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Arcangelo Resani (1670 - 1740)
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François Couperin (1668 - 1733)
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Aert van der Neer (1603 - 1677)
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Pietro Scalvini (1718 - 1792)
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Francesco Beda (1840 - 1900)
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Giacomo Adolfi (1682 - 1741)
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Florent Willems (1823 - 1905)
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Noël Coypel (1628 - 1707)
Noël Coypel
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