Christiaan Andriessen, who was born at
Amsterdam
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in 1775, was the son and student of
Jurriaan, and became a good painter of
history
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,
genre subjects,
landscapes
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, views of towns, and occasionally
portraits
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. Among his works may be mentioned a
Panorama of Amsterdam. He died in 1846.
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1775 births
1846 deaths
Painters from Amsterdam
19th-century Dutch painters
Dutch male painters
19th-century painters of historical subjects
19th-century Dutch male artists
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