Nicolaes Van Gelder

Place: Leiden

Born: 1636

Death: 1676

Biography:

Nicolaes van Gelder or Claes Gelder (1636 – 1676) was a Dutch Golden Age painter. He was born in Leiden and became a pupil of Pieter de Ring. He is known for still life paintings. Gelder worked in Stockholm in 1661 and Copenhagen in 1673 (where his daughter was born) but died in Amsterdam. His wife was mentioned in Amsterdam in 1677 as a widow.