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Hendrik Willem Schweickhardt (born ''Heinrich Wilhelm Schweickhardt''; 1747–1797), was an 18th-century painter from
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Hendrik Willem Schweickhardt (born ''Heinrich Wilhelm Schweickhardt''; 1747–1797), was an 18th-century painter from Germany
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Biography
He was born inHamm
Hamm (, Latin: ''Hammona'') is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the northeastern part of the Ruhr area. As of 2016 its population was 179,397. The city is situated between the A1 motorway and A2 motorway. Hamm railwa ...
and moved to The Hague
The Hague ( ; nl, Den Haag or ) is a city and municipality of the Netherlands, situated on the west coast facing the North Sea. The Hague is the country's administrative centre and its seat of government, and while the official capital of ...
where he became a pupil of Hieronymus Lapis and started a family.Hendrik Willem Schweickhardtin 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 ...
He moved to London in 1786 for economic reasons and did quite well there. His daughter Katharina learned to draw and paint and became a poet; she married Willem Bilderdijk
Willem Bilderdijk () (7 September 1756 – 18 December 1831) was a Dutch poet, historian, lawyer, and linguist.
Life
Willem Bilderdijk was born on 7 September 1756 in Amsterdam in the Dutch Republic.Joris van Eijnatten,Bilderdijk, W., ''Bio- en ...
after having an affair with him in 1795 when he taught her and her sisters in London.in
1001 Vrouwen uit de Nederlandse geschiedenis
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Project
The book is the result of a research project called the Digital Women's lexicon of the N ...
Schweickhardt died in London.
References
External links
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1747 births
1797 deaths
18th-century Dutch painters
18th-century Dutch male artists
18th-century German painters
18th-century German male artists
German male painters
People from Hamm
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