Sandrina Louisa Geertruida Holthuysen (1824 – 1895) was a
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art collector and founder of the
Museum Willet-Holthuysen
Museum Willet-Holthuysen is a located on the Herengracht in Amsterdam. The Amsterdam famous ring of canals is on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
History
The house was built for Jacob Hop, mayor of Amsterdam, around 1685. He was not the last mayo ...
in Amsterdam.
Biography
Holthuysen was born in
Amsterdam
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in the
Netherlands
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as the only child of Pieter Gerard Holthuysen, a wealthy merchant who dealt in window glass and coal. Her father died in 1858 and in 1861 she married
Abraham Willet
Abraham Willet (1825 – 1888) was a Dutch art collector and amateur painter.
Willet was born in Amsterdam and married Louisa Holthuysen on 17 July 1861.Abraham Willet in the RKD
Willet was a member of Arti et Amicitiae. For years, his art col ...
and they proceeded to live a
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lifestyle, enjoying travel and art collecting. The art collection included items bought by her, of which the most expensive painting was a still-life by
Blaise Alexandre Desgoffe
Blaise Alexandre Desgoffe (January 17, 1830 – May 2, 1901) was a French painter who specialized in meticulously finished still-life paintings.Champlin & Perkins, p. 397. He was the nephew of the painter Alexandre Desgoffe and father of the pain ...
that cost 5,000
guilder
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Holthuysen died childless in Amsterdam in 1895, a few years after her husband. Her house and its contents, including the artworks, were left to the City of Amsterdam, conditional upon the building being used as a museum named after her and her husband.
Gallery
File:SA 4365-Fruit stilleven.jpg, Still-life by Blaise-Alexandre Desgoffe
File:SA 1906-Het atelier in de villa van het echtpaar Willet-Holthuysen te Le Vésinet-Het atelier van de heer Willet in le Vesinet (andere titel- Stijlkamer).jpg, The parlour of the Willet-Holthuysens in their summer villa in ''Le Vésinet'', by Coen Metzelaar
File:SA 1263-Jonge moeder in dracht der Campagna met kindje en geit.jpg, A Young Mother in the costume of the Campagna by William-Adolphe Bouguereau
William-Adolphe Bouguereau (; 30 November 1825 – 19 August 1905) was a French academic painter. In his realistic genre paintings, he used mythological themes, making modern interpretations of classical subjects, with an emphasis on the female ...
File:Fotoportret Louisa Holthuysen.jpg, Louise Holthuysen, ca. 1864
File:SA 38309-De zaal in het huis A. Willet-Holthuysen, Herengracht 605.jpg, The parlour of the A. Willet-Holthuysen house, Herengracht 605, by Willem Steelink Jr.
Willem Steelink Jr. (16 July 1856, Amsterdam – 27 November 1928, Voorburg) was a Dutch painter and graphic artist, associated with the Laren School.
Biography
His father, also named , was a well-known painter and engraver who gave him his fi ...
, 1882
References
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External links
Museum Willet-Holthuysen(Dutch)
1824 births
1895 deaths
Art collectors from Amsterdam
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