Zelfportret
Wouter Johannes van Troostwijk
ca. 1809
Medium
cardboard
Dimensions
40; 51.3
About this artwork
drager: hoogte 51,3 cm x breedte 40 cm
About the Artist
Wouter Johannes van Troostwijk · 1782–1810
Wouter Johannes van Troostwijk (1782–1810) was a pioneering Dutch landscape painter whose brief but influential career helped transform Dutch landscape painting in the early nineteenth century. Born into a wealthy Amsterdam family, Troostwijk pursued art as a passionate amateur while working as a civil servant at Amsterdam's town hall. Despite never becoming a professional artist, his innovative a...