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BELGIUM CIRCA1830'S AN OIL ON CANVAS BY THE 19TH CENTURY DUTCH NEOCLASSICAL PAINTER, JAN ADAM JANSZ.KRUESMAN(1804-1862).KRUESMAN WAS BORN IN HAARLEM AND IN 1819 MOVED TO AMSTERDAM. IN 1822, HE MOVED TO BRUSSELS WHERE HE STUDIED WITH JACQUES LOUIS DAVID AND FRANCIS JOSEPH NAVEZ.HE IS WELL KNOWN FOR HIS PORTRAITS; OUT OF HIS 588 KNOWN PAINTINGS,500 ARE PORTRAITS. KRUESMAN WAS COMMISSIONED BY MANY IMPORTANT PERSONALITIES OF HIS TIME, AMONG THEM CZAR ALEXANDER OF RUSSIA AND THE DUTCH KING,WILLEM II.KRUSEMAN ALSO EXPLORED RELIGIOUS AND HISTORICAL THEMES. IN 1830, HE BECAME THE DIRECTOR OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF ART IN AMSTERDAM. THIS BEAUTIFUL OIL ON CANVAS PORTRAIT OF A MOTHER AND CHILD IS SIGNED,J.A.KRUSEMAN.
Art (paintings, prints, frames)
Figures & Portraits
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