Jurriaen Andriessen

For the Dutch composer, see Jurriaan Andriessen.
Selfportrait, (Rijksmuseum Amsterdam)

Jurriaen Andriessen, born at Amsterdam on 12 July 1742, was a scholar of A. Elliger, and J. M. Quinkhardt. He was an able artist in decorative painting; the decorations of the new theatre at Amsterdam were executed by him and Numan.[1] His daughter later married the actor Coenraad van Hulst.[1] Several distinguished modern Dutch painters are from his school. His pupils were besides his brother Anthonie and son Christiaan, the following artists: Pieter Godfried Bertichen, Jan Bulthuis, Floris Croese, Chrétien Dubois, Daniël Dupré, Arend Johan van Glinstra, Jean Grandjean, Cornelia Aletta van Hulst, Jacques Kuyper, Gerrit Jan Michaëlis, Hermanus Numan, Abraham Johannes Ruytenschildt, Jacobus Schoemaker Doyer, Wouter Johannes van Troostwijk, Izaak Vaarzon Morel, Hendrik Voogd, Gerardus Wieringa, and Johannes Ziesenis.

He died at Amsterdam on 31 July 1819.

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This article incorporates text from Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers by Michael Bryan, edited by Robert Edmund Graves and Sir Walter Armstrong, an 1886–1889 publication now in the public domain.