Nicolaas Piemont
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Nicolaes Piemont was a Dutch Golden Age
landscape painter who travelled to Rome in the 1670s.
with the nickname "Opgang" who signed Abraham Genoels
's bentbrief in Rome in 1674.
According to the RKD he was nicknamed "Opgang" and was known for Italianate landscapes. This painter made some paintings in the dollhouse of Petronella Oortman (in the collection of the Rijksmuseum today), together with the painters Willem Frederiksz van Royen and Johannes Voorhout
. Piemont's contributions were Italianate landscapes on the walls of the parlour in the dollhouse, one side of which was interrupted by a miniature hearth, of which the intricate decorative mantelpiece was painted on in a different (unspecified) hand.
Dutch Golden Age
The Golden Age was a period in Dutch history, roughly spanning the 17th century, in which Dutch trade, science, military and art were among the most acclaimed in the world. The first half is characterised by the Eighty Years' War till 1648...
landscape painter who travelled to Rome in the 1670s.
Biography
According to Houbraken Nicolaas Piemont was a member of the BentvueghelsBentvueghels
The Bentvueghels were a society of mostly Dutch and Flemish artists active in Rome from about 1620 to 1720. They are also known as the Schildersbent .-Activities:...
with the nickname "Opgang" who signed Abraham Genoels
Abraham Genoels II
-Biography:According to Arnold Houbraken, who devoted 10 pages to him in his compilation of artist biographies called the Schouwburg, he was a good portrait and landscape painter who was taught drawing by Jacob Backereel in Antwerp and Perspective by Nicolaes Fierlants in Den Bosch...
's bentbrief in Rome in 1674.
According to the RKD he was nicknamed "Opgang" and was known for Italianate landscapes. This painter made some paintings in the dollhouse of Petronella Oortman (in the collection of the Rijksmuseum today), together with the painters Willem Frederiksz van Royen and Johannes Voorhout
Johannes Voorhout
Johannes Voorhout was a Dutch Golden Age painter.-Biography:Voorhout was the son of the Amsterdam clock maker Cornelis Voorhout. Seeing that his son was beter suited to drawing than the technical aspects of watch making, he apprenticed him to Constantijn Verhout in Gouda...
. Piemont's contributions were Italianate landscapes on the walls of the parlour in the dollhouse, one side of which was interrupted by a miniature hearth, of which the intricate decorative mantelpiece was painted on in a different (unspecified) hand.