Elias van Nijmegen
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Portrait of Elias, above the engraved portraits of his pupils who were his nephew Gerard Sanders (left) and his son Dionys (right). Illustration from Jan van Gool's Nieuwe Schouburg, 1751.
Elias van Nijmegen (1667, Nijmegen – January 24, 1755, Rotterdam), was an 18th-century painter from the Northern Netherlands.
Biography[]
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Ceiling decoration by Elias van Nijmegen, 1695, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
According to the RKD he became a member of the Leiden Guild of St. Luke in 1689, but he moved to Rotterdam where he married in 1701 and became a member of the guild there the next year in 1702.[1] He is known for ceiling and wall decorations and was the teacher of the Rotterdam painters (his nephew by marriage of his brother Tobias to the widow Sanders) and his son Dionys.[1] His daughter also became a painter.[1]
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References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Elias van Nijmegen in the RKD
Categories:
- 1667 births
- 1755 deaths
- 18th-century Dutch painters
- Dutch male painters
- People from Nijmegen
- Members of the Leiden Guild of Saint Luke
- Members of the Rotterdam Guild of Saint Luke