Wouter Johannes van Troostwijk

Self portrait c.1805

Wouter Johannes van Troostwijk (1782–1810), was a 19th-century painter from the Northern Netherlands.

Biography

He was born in Amsterdam. According to the RKD he entered the Amsterdam drawing academy in 1803 where he took drawing lessons from Anthonie Andriessen and painting lessons from his brother Jurriaan Andriessen (the father of Amsterdam draughtsman Christiaan Andriessen).^[1] From 1805 until his death he was concierge of the Amsterdam City hall.^[1] He was the teacher of Albertus Brondgeest.^[1] He died young in Amsterdam.

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 59945674 LCCN: nr99013319 ISNI: 0000 0000 6683 3364 GND: 121660915 BPN: 05129709 ULAN: 500020966 RKD: 78274

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References

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