Nicolaas Pieneman
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Died | 30 December 1860 | (aged 51)
Nicolaas Pieneman(Dutch pronunciation:[ˈnikoːlaːsˈpinəˌmɑn];1 January 1809 – 30 December 1860) was a Dutch painter, art collector,lithographer,and sculptor.
Biography[edit]
Nicolaas Pieneman was born on 1 January 1809 inAmersfoortin theKingdom of Holland.He was the son of painterJan Willem Pieneman.[1]
Pieneman studied under his father and also at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Amsterdam; he was a pupil ofJean Baptiste Madou.[1]He specialised in paintings of recent history and in portraits. He was a friend ofWilliam II of the Netherlands;he painted the king's inauguration in 1840,[2]and many members of the royal family. His pupils were Jan Daniël Beijnon, Johannes Arnoldus Boland, Conradijn Cunaeus, Bernard te Gempt, Hendrik Hollander, Willem Johann Martens, Johan Heinrich Neuman, Jan Frederik Tack, andAntonie Frederik Zürcher.[1]
In July 1855,Jan Hendrik Donkel Curtius(theOpperhoofdinNagasaki,Japan) recorded the presentation of an oil portrait of KingWillem IIIby Pieneman, together with the steamshipSoembing.
Pieneman died on 30 December 1860 inAmsterdamin theNetherlands.[1]
Honours and affiliations[edit]
He was a member fourth class of theRoyal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences[3]and by virtue of this, from 1852 ofNatura Artis Magistra.He was a member of the SocietyArti et Amicitiae.
He was a knight of theOrder of the Netherlands Lion,a Commander of theOrder of Adolphe of Nassauand appointed to theOrder of the Polar Star.[4]
Works[edit]
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Murder attempt againstWilliam the Silentin 1582(1838)
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The Inauguration of KingWilliam IIin the Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam on 28 November 1840(1840–1845)
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Portrait ofJan Jacob Rochussen,Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies(1845)
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Portrait ofWilliam III,King of the Netherlands(1856)
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Portrait ofJohannes Bosscha(1857)
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Portrait of KingWilliam III(1859)
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Portrait ofJan Willem Pieneman,Painter, Father of Nicolaas Pieneman(1860)
References[edit]
- ^abcdNicolaas Pieneman (1809-1860)Archived2018-02-21 at theWayback Machine,Netherlands Institute for Art History,2014. Retrieved on 16 January 2015.
- ^(in Dutch)Nicolaas PienemanArchived2012-02-11 at theWayback Machine,Rijksmuseum.Retrieved on 27 February 2008.
- ^"Nicolaas Pieneman (1809 - 1860)"(in Dutch). Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.Retrieved14 July2015.
- ^(in Dutch)Abraham Jacob van der Aa,"Nicolaas Pieneman",Biographisch woordenboek der Nederlanden,1872. Retrieved on 16 January 2015.
External links[edit]
Media related toNicolaas Pienemanat Wikimedia Commons
- Nicolaas PienemanonArtnet