Abraham Willet (1825 – 1888) was a Dutch art collector and amateur painter. Willet was born in

Amsterdam Amsterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Amstel'') is the capital and most populous city of the Netherlands, with The Hague being the seat of government. It has a population of 907,976 within the city proper, 1,558,755 in the urban ar ...

and married Louisa Holthuysen on 17 July 1861.Abraham Willet in the

RKD The Netherlands Institute for Art History or RKD (Dutch: RKD-Nederlands Instituut voor Kunstgeschiedenis), previously Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie (RKD), is located in The Hague and is home to the largest art history center i ...

Willet was a member of Arti et Amicitiae. For years, his art collection was considered the basis of the Willet-Holthuysen museum collection, but recent research has shown that his wife was perhaps more influential in forming the collection.‘Bij wijze van museum’ : oorsprong, geschiedenis en toekomst van Museum Willet-Holthuysen, 1853-2010
on website of the

University of Amsterdam The University of Amsterdam (abbreviated as UvA, nl, Universiteit van Amsterdam) is a public research university located in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The UvA is one of two large, publicly funded research universities in the city, the other being ...

File:SA 1636-Une heure de la nuit (cropped).jpg, ''Une heure de la nuit'', by Joseph Michel Ange Pollett File:SA 34607-Abraham Willet (1825-1888) kunstverzamelaar.jpg, Portrait of Willet by Coen Metzelaar File:SA 4711-Abraham Willet (1825-1888) kunstverzamelaar in XVII eeuws costuum.jpg, Willet in a

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costume, by Andrzej Jerzy Mniszech, 1877

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1825 births 1888 deaths Art collectors from Amsterdam {{Netherlands-painter-stub