Ottomar or Ottmar Elliger the Younger (1666–1735), was a Dutch painter from Germany. He was born in

Hamburg (male), (female) en, Hamburger(s), Hamburgian(s) , timezone1 = Central (CET) , utc_offset1 = +1 , timezone1_DST = Central (CEST) , utc_offset1_DST = +2 , postal ...

as the son of the Danish painter Ottomar Elliger the Elder.Ottomar Elliger (II) 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 ...

After being instructed in the first elements of the art by his father, he was sent to Amsterdam, where he became a scholar of

Michiel van Musscher Michiel van Musscher (January 1645 – 20 June 1705) was a Dutch Golden Age painter. Biography Michiel van Musscher was born in Rotterdam in January 1645 and was later baptized on 27 January. According to Houbraken, he showed a talent for ...

, a painter of small portraits and conversations, under whom he studied a short time, but being ambitious of distinguishing himself in a higher walk of art, and the works of

Gerard de Lairesse Gerard or Gérard (de) Lairesse (11 September 1641 – June 1711) was a Dutch Golden Age painter and art theorist. His broad range of skills included music, poetry, and theatre. De Lairesse was influenced by the Perugian Cesare Ripa and Fr ...

being then in high reputation, he entered the school of that eminent master, whose instruction enabled him in a few years to dispense with further assistance. Elliger painted historical subjects in the style of De Lairesse, which were judiciously composed and correctly drawn. Like his instructor, he was particularly attentive to propriety of costume, and style of architecture. He was employed by the Elector of Mayence, for whom he painted the ''Death of Alexander,'' and the ''Marriage of Peleus and Thetis.'' His principal works are at Amsterdam, where he died in 1735. In the Vienna Gallery is a ''Woman with Fruit;'' in the

Cassel Gallery The Fridericianum is a museum in Kassel, Germany. Built in 1779, it is one of the oldest public museums in Europe.

are ''The Feast of Cleopatra,'' and ''The Daughter of Herodias dancing;'' and in the Bordeaux Museum is an ''Allegory,'' all of which are by him. His sons

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 Houbra ...

and Ottomar Elliger (III) also became painters.

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