Nicolaas Pieneman (; 1 January 1809 – 30 December 1860) was a Dutch painter, art collector,

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, and sculptor.

Biography

Nicolaas Pieneman was born on 1 January 1809 in

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in the

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. He was the son of painter Jan Willem Pieneman.Nicolaas Pieneman (1809-1860)
,

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, 2014. Retrieved on 16 January 2015. Pieneman studied under his father and also at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Amsterdam; he was a pupil of

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. He specialised in paintings of recent history and in portraits. He was a friend of

William II of the Netherlands William II ( nl, Willem Frederik George Lodewijk, anglicized as William Frederick George Louis; 6 December 1792 – 17 March 1849) was King of the Netherlands, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, and Duke of Limburg. William II was the son of Willia ...

; he painted the king's inauguration in 1840, and many members of the royal family. His pupils were Jan Daniël Beijnon, Johannes Arnoldus Boland, Conradijn Cunaeus, Bernard te Gempt, Hendrik Hollander, Willem Johann Martens, Johan Heinrich Neuman, Jan Frederik Tack, and

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. In July 1855, Jan Hendrik Donkel Curtius (the

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, Japan) recorded the presentation of an oil portrait of King Willem III by Pieneman, together with the steamship Soembing. Pieneman died on 30 December 1860 in

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in the

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Honours and affiliations

He was a member fourth class of the

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and by virtue of this, from 1852 of

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. He was a member of the Society Arti et Amicitiae. He was a knight of the

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, a Commander of the

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and appointed to the

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Abraham Jacob van der Aa Abraham Jacob van der Aa (7 December 1792, Amsterdam – 21 March 1857, Gorinchem) was a Dutch writer best known for his dictionaries, one of notable people and the other of notable places in the Netherlands. He was born in Amsterdam in 1792. ...

,
Nicolaas Pieneman
, ''Biographisch woordenboek der Nederlanden'', 1872. Retrieved on 16 January 2015.

Works

File:Nicolaas Pieneman - The Submission of Prince Dipo Negoro to General De Kock.jpg, ''

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'' ( 1830–1835) File:Murder attempt against William the Silent in 1582.jpg, ''Murder attempt against

William the Silent William the Silent (24 April 153310 July 1584), also known as William the Taciturn (translated from nl, Willem de Zwijger), or, more commonly in the Netherlands, William of Orange ( nl, Willem van Oranje), was the main leader of the Dutch Re ...

in 1582'' (1838) File:De inhuldiging van koning Willem II in de Nieuwe Kerk te Amsterdam, 28 november 1840 Rijksmuseum SK-A-3852.jpeg, ''The Inauguration of King William II in the Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam on 28 November 1840'' (1840–1845) File:Rochussen.jpg, ''Portrait of

Jan Jacob Rochussen Jan Jacob Rochussen (; 23 October 1797 – 21 January 1871) was a Dutch politician. He served as Finance Minister from 1840 to 1843 and Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies from 1845 to 1851. He served as Chairman of the Council of Ministers ...

, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies'' (1845) File:Willem III (1817-90), koning der Nederlanden, Nicolaas Pieneman, 1856 - Rijksmuseum.jpg, ''Portrait of William III, King of the Netherlands'' (1856) File:Johannes Bosscha (1797-1874), by Nicolaas Pieneman (1809-1860).jpg, ''Portrait of

Johannes Bosscha Johannes Bosscha Jr. (18 November 1831 – 15 April 1911) was a Dutch physicist. Bosscha came from a family long known for their academic achievements. His great-grandfather and grandfather were classical scholars. His father, Johannes Bosscha ...

'' (1857) File:SA 1772-Portret van koning Willem III.jpg, ''Portrait of King William III'' (1859) File:Jan Willem Pieneman02.jpg, ''Portrait of Jan Willem Pieneman, Painter, Father of Nicolaas Pieneman'' (1860)

References

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