Nicolaes Adriaensz. Verbeek (1582–1637), was a Dutch Golden Age brewer of Haarlem.

Nicolaes Adriaensz. Verbeek, detail of Hals's banquet of 1627

Biography edit

He was the son of Adriaen Thomasz. Verbeek, a Haarlem toll collector, and Hendrikje Jacobsdr. van Teylingen. He was the younger brother of Pieter Adriaensz Verbeek and became a judge and brewer in De Posthoorn. He married Geertruyd de Wael, the sister of his colleague Michiel de Wael in 1611.[1] He became a captain of the St. George militia in Haarlem from 1624 to 1627 and from 1630 to 1633. He and his brother-in-law were portrayed by Frans Hals in The Banquet of the Officers of the St George Militia Company in 1627.

He died in Haarlem.[1]

References edit

  1. ^ a b Nicolaes Adriaensz. Verbeek in record for this painting in the RKD
  • Nicolaes Adriaensz. Verbeek in De Haarlemse Schuttersstukken, by Jhr. Mr. C.C. van Valkenburg, pp. 50–51, Haerlem : jaarboek 1961, ISSN 0927-0728, on the website of the North Holland Archives