Portret van Ernst Wilhelm Moes, adjunct-archivaris van de gemeente Rotterdam

Ernst Wilhelm Moes (1864 – 1912), was a Dutch art historian and director of the print cabinet for the

Rijksmuseum The Rijksmuseum () is the national museum of the Netherlands dedicated to Dutch arts and history and is located in Amsterdam. The museum is located at the Museum Square in the borough of Amsterdam South, close to the Van Gogh Museum, the St ...

Biography

According to the

NNBW The ''Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek'' (''NNBW'') is a biographical reference work in the Dutch language. It has been succeeded by the ''Biografisch Woordenboek van Nederland''. It was published in ten parts between 1911 and 1937 by ...

he studied art at the University of Amsterdam and became a print collector while still a student, specialized in Amsterdam history. To simplify his research, from 1885 he became a volunteer at the Amsterdam auction house of

Frederik Muller Frederik Muller or Frits Muller (22 July 1817 – 4 January 1881) was a Dutch bibliographer, book seller, and print collector. He married Gerarda Jacoba Yntema. Their son ''Samuel Muller Fz.'' became known as municipal and state archivist in Utre ...

.Ernst Wilhelm Moes
in the RKD In 1896 he published his first work on the history of the Amsterdam publishing industry. His ''Iconographia'', a comprehensive guide to portraits of Dutch people, was published by Frederik Muller & Co. In 1898 he began work as assistant to Philip van der Kellen in the Amsterdam Rijksmuseum and from 1903 until his death by tuberculosis he was the head of the print cabinet of the museum. From 1907 until 1911 he was a member of

Teylers Tweede Genootschap Teylers Tweede Genootschap (English: Teylers Second Society), also known as the ''Wetenschappelijk Genootschap'' (Scientific Society) is one of the two societies founded within the Teylers Stichting with the purpose to promote and award prizes fo ...

. He worked together with Abraham Bredius on the magazine

Oud Holland ''Oud Holland – Journal for Art of the Low Countries'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering art from the (Northern) Netherlands and Southern Netherlands (Belgium) from c. 1400–1920. Oud Holland is the oldest surviving art-hist ...

, and Bredius wrote his obituary. He died in Amsterdam.

Works

* ''Iconographia Batava'', 1897 * ''De Amsterdamsche Boekdrukkers en Uitgevers in de zestiende eeuw'', Part 1 (1900) * Various biographies for the ''

Nieuw Nederlandsch biografisch woordenboek The ''Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek'' (''NNBW'') is a biographical reference work in the Dutch language. It has been succeeded by the ''Biografisch Woordenboek van Nederland''. It was published in ten parts between 1911 and 1937 by ...

'', Part 1 (1911) * Monograph on

Frans Hals Frans Hals the Elder (, , ; – 26 August 1666) was a Dutch Golden Age painter, chiefly of individual and group portraits and of genre works, who lived and worked in Haarlem. Hals played an important role in the evolution of 17th-century group ...

(with photographs of works): ''Frans Hals, sa vie et son oeuvre'', (1909)Frans Hals, sa vie et son oeuvre
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References

Dictionary of Art Historians The ''Dictionary of Art Historians'' (DAH) is an online encyclopedia of topics relating to art historians, art critics and their dictionaries. The mission of the project is to provide free, reliable, English-language information on published art ...

{{DEFAULTSORT:Moes, Ernst Wilhelm 1864 births 1912 deaths Dutch art historians Writers from Amsterdam Members of Teylers Tweede Genootschap Rijksmuseum Amsterdam