Henricus Franciscus Wiertz
Illustration — Musical entertainment on the balcony, 1834 Henricus Franciscus Wierix (1784 – 1858), was a 19th-century painter from the Netherlands.
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Henricus Franciscus Wiertz
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- Henricus Franciscus Wiertz was born on 7 October 1784. · Amsterdam.
- Nationality
- Netherlands
- Occupation
- painter
- Known for
- Shells and Marine Plants
- Languages
- Dutch
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Illustration — Musical entertainment on the balcony, 1834 Henricus Franciscus Wierix (1784 – 1858), was a 19th-century painter from the Netherlands.
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The recorded working language is Dutch. Places of work recorded in the authority are Amsterdam and Nijmegen. Works named in the authority record are Shells and Marine Plants. Work by Henricus Franciscus Wiertz is recorded in the collections of Städel Museum and Rijksmuseum.
He was born in Amsterdam and became the pupil of the genre painter Jacobus Johannes Lauwers and after he died in 1800, of Lauwers' brother-in-law Johannes de Frey. He then studied perspective under Pieter Pietersz Barbiers and began to make landscapes. He won gold medals for his drawings of nudes from Kunst Zij Ons Doel and Felix Meritis in 1809, 1810, and 1811. He moved to Nijmegen in 1811 and is known for landscapes and portraits and taught Christiaan Wilhelmus Moorrees. He died in Nijmegen.
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Henricus Franciscus Wiertz was born at Amsterdam.
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Henricus Franciscus Wiertz died at Nijmegen.
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