Jan (Johan) Philip Koelman (11 March 1818, in

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– 10 January 1893, in The Hague) was a

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painter, sculptor, writer and teacher, involved during part of his life in revolutionary activity. He attended

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, David Bles and Herman ten Kate. Between 1846 and 1851 Koelman lived in

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, to where he travelled for artistic purposes, but where he found himself involved in the

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of 1849, and eventually joined

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's defence of Rome against the French Army. Koelman's memoirs of that period are used as source material for historians researching Garibaldi's life and the struggle which eventually led to the

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, providing some details not recorded elsewhere.J. P. Koelman, "Memorie romane", 2 vols., Rome, 1963; quoted in

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, "Garibaldi, Invention of a Hero", Yale University Press, 2007, p. 85-86, p. 500 note 132

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, professor of art at Vassar from 1865 to 1898, was Koelman's brother-in-la

References

External links

Jan Philip Koelman, "Portrait of Johannes van Rossum", 1852

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1818 births 1893 deaths 19th-century Dutch painters Dutch male painters People of the Italian unification Artists from The Hague 19th-century Dutch male artists {{Italy-painter-stub