Elisabeth Geertruida Wassenbergh (1729,

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– 1781, Groningen) was an 18th-century painter from the Northern Netherlands.

Biography

Elegant company by Elisabeth Geertruida Wassenbergh

According to Jan van Gool, she followed her father

Jan Abel Wassenbergh Jan Abel Wassenbergh (18 January 1689, Groningen – ca. 20 July 1750, Groningen), was an 18th-century painter from the Northern Netherlands. Biography According to Jan van Gool and the RKD he first studied law and then took drawing lessons ...

in his art, while her sister became good at embroidering fruit and flowers.Elisabeth Geertruida Wassenberg
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Jan van Gool Johan, or Jan van Gool (1685–1763), was a Dutch painter and writer from The Hague, now remembered mainly as a biographer of artists from the Dutch Golden Age. Life Jan van Gool was a pupil of Simon van der Does and Mattheus Terwesten.

's ''Nieuwe Schouburg'', 1750, courtesy of the

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According to the Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie (RKD), she was the daughter of Jan Abel Wassenbergh (I).Elisabeth Geertruida Wassenberg
in the RKD She is known for miniatures and genre works. A self-portrait by her dated 1754, was bought by the husband of a grand-niece at an auction sale in 1800.Information about sale of 1754 self-portrait to Wassenbergh/Carré descendant in 1800
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References

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