Nicolaas Rockox
Nicolaas Rockox knight | |
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Nicolaas Rockox, painted by Otto van Veen. | |
| Mayor of Antwerp | |
| Monarch | Philip II of Spain |
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| Born | 14 December 1560 |
| Died | 12 December 1640 (aged 79) |
| Spouse | Adriana Perez (1568–1619) |
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Nicolaas Rockox (1560–1640), was an art patron and collector, numismatist, humanist, philanthropist and mayor of Antwerp. He was a close personal friend and important patron of Peter Paul Rubens. His residence in Antwerp was a centre where Antwerp's humanists and artists congregated and housed a large collection of artworks, antiques, rare objects and coins. It is now a museum known as the Snijders&Rockox House. He was knighted by Archduke Albert and Isabella, the Governor General of the Habsburg Netherlands.