Daniel Nys

Daniel Nijs or Nys (1572-1647) was a Flemish art dealer.

Born in Wesel into a family of Protestant refugees from the Spanish Netherlands (now Belgium) who had settled in Germany, he moved to Venice in 1596. There he worked in a family business alongside his cousin Gabry. He made his fortune and by 1615 had a major art collection of his own. In 1622 he came into contact with Ferdinando Gonzaga, duke of Mantua. Five years later the 7th Duke, Vincenzo II Gonzaga, was in dire financial straits and approached Nys as an intermediary to Charles I of Great Britain, with a view to selling Charles the Gonzaga art collection. Its works included:

Vincenzo II's successor Charles I of Gonzaga-Nevers continued to sell works using Nys as a go-between, including the Triumphs of Caesar now at Hampton Court. Nys died in London in 1647.

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