Schildering in grisaille met een aan een strik opgehangen trofee

About this artwork

See the provenance for SK-A-4854-A.

About the Artist

Jurriaan Andriessen · 1742–1819

A painter and draftsman known mostly for his painted wallpapers. He eventually owned his own successful factory; his designs followed the prevailing 18th-century taste for arcadian and native Dutch landscapes with small figures, and especially for decorative architecture. He was active in the Amsterdam Tekenacademie, first as a student, then as a teacher, and, by 1784, as co-director with Cornelis...