Adriaan de Lelie

On the advice of Professor Camper, he established himself in Amsterdam. He painted a great number of portraits and cabinet pictures. The latter includes one of the celebrated art lover Jan Gildemeester in the act of showing his collection to a party of ladies and gentlemen. One of his best works is that of the "Drawing Academy" of the Felix Meritis Society in Amsterdam. His pictures are highly esteemed in the Netherlands and Germany, where they can be found in distinguished collections. His pupils were Jean Augustin Daiwaille, Jan Adriaan Antonie de Lelie, François Montauban van Swijndregt, Pièrre Recco, Izaak Riewert Schmidt, and Johannes Ziesenis. He died in Amsterdam, aged 65.

The recorded working language is Dutch. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait. Places of work recorded in the authority are Antwerp, Düsseldorf and Amsterdam. Works named in the authority record are Morning Crack Session, Family Portrait of Jonkheer Gysbert Carel Rutger Reinier van Brienen van Ramerus, his Wife and four of their Children at his Estate of Crailo and Portrait of the Poet Barend Klijn Barendsz. Work by Adriaan de Lelie is recorded in the collections of Art Institute of Chicago, Teylers Museum, Amsterdam Museum, Noordbrabants Museum and National Galleries Scotland.

• Name — Adriaan de Lelie • Born — 19 May 1755 • Birthplace — Tilburg • Died — 30 November 1820 • Place of death — Amsterdam • Known for — Painting portraits and cabinet pictures

• Illustration — The Art Gallery of Jan Gildemeester Jansz, 1794–1795, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam • Illustration — In the sculpture gallery of the Felix Meritis Society, 1806–1809, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam • Illustration — Andreas Bonn lectures the Drawing Academy of the Felix Meritis Society, 1792, Amsterdam Museum • Illustration — The family of Jan van Loon, 1786, Museum Van Loon • Illustration — The family of Adrianus Bonebakker during a visit from – in all probability – partner Diederik Lodewijk Bennewitz (seated, with the silver object). Bonebakker himself can be seen holding a document, 1809, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam • Illustration — Preparing for the sale of the new herring, by de Lelie and Willem van Leen, 1815, in the Visserijmuseum in Vlaardingen • Illustration — The family of Van Brienen van Ramerus, 1804 • Illustration — A girl with a letter • Illustration — Jan Nieuwenhuyzen, in the Edams Museum in Edam • Illustration — Wilhelmina Maria Haack, 1814–1820

Works recorded as notable number 3: Morning Crack Session, Family Portrait of Jonkheer Gysbert Carel Rutger Reinier van Brienen van Ramerus, his Wife and four of their Children at his Estate of Crailo and Portrait of the Poet Barend Klijn Barendsz. His recorded genre is portrait.