Nicolaes de Bruyn (1571–1656)

• Was a Flemish engraver.
• De Bruyn was the son of the sugar manufacturer Jan de Bruyn and nephew of the engraver Abraham de Bruyn.

• He was trained in the art of engraving by his uncle Abraham. 

• He appears to have studied and to have formed his style from the works of Lucas van Leyden. 

• He worked in Rotterdam from 1617 onwards, and he died there in 1656.

• He signed his plates sometimes with his initials N. de B., and sometimes with a monogram. 

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