Jan Gerard Waldorp (1740–1808) was a Dutch artist and museum curator. He received all paying visitors to the Nationale Kunst-Galerij in the Hague (1800–1805), one of the forerunners of 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 ...

in Amsterdam. Jan Gerard Waldorp was a pupil of

Anthony Elliger Anthony Elliger (1701-1781) was an 18th-century painter from the Northern Netherlands. Elliger was born in Amsterdam as the son of Ottomar Elliger II.Anthony Elliger in the RKD He was the brother of Ottmar Elliger III. He married Christina Hou ...

and

Jan Maurits Quinkhard Jan Maurits Quinkhard (28 January 1688 – 11 November 1772) was an 18th-century painter and print designer from the Northern Netherlands. Biography Quinkhard was born in the town of Rees, Germany, Rees, near Cleves. He was a Dutch painter and ...

.Jan Gerard Waldorp 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 ...

He was active in Amsterdam during the years 1758–1767 and then moved to

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, where he married Elisabeth van der Horst and was in the board of the Stadstekenacademie. In 1779 he moved back to Amsterdam. J.G. Waldorp became known for his decors for the

Amsterdamse schouwburg The Stadsschouwburg (; Dutch: ''Municipal Theatre'') of Amsterdam is the name of a theatre building at the Leidseplein in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The building is in the neo-Renaissance style dating back to 1894, and is the former home of the Na ...

. He is also known for his copies of old master paintings. In 1800

Cornelis Sebille Roos Cornelis Sebille Roos or Cornelis Roos (1754 – 1820) was a Dutch art dealer and inspector of the Nationale Konst-Gallery collection in Huis ten Bosch during the years 1799-1801 Roos was born 10 January 1754 in Amsterdam and baptized six days lat ...

appointed him as assistant for the Nationale Konst-Gallery and he moved to

Huis ten Bosch Huis ten Bosch ( nl, Paleis Huis ten Bosch, ; English: "House in the Woods") is a royal palace in The Hague, Netherlands. It is one of three official residences of the Dutch monarch; the two others being the Noordeinde Palace in The Hague and ...

where he received visitors to the gallery until 1802, when the collection was moved to the emptied Gallery Prince William V. His drawings of the situation of the rooms and paintings show what this forerunner of the

looked like.

Gallery

Maps of the Nationale Kunst-Galerij, drawn by Waldorp: File:Inrichting tot Nationaal kunstmuseum - 's-Gravenhage - 20086718 - RCE.jpg File:Inrichting tot Nationaal kunstmuseum - 's-Gravenhage - 20086719 - RCE.jpg

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