Maria Margaretha van Os

The recorded working language is Dutch. The field of work recorded is painting. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are still life and floral. Places of work recorded in the authority are The Hague. Works named in the authority record are Still Life with Lemon and Cut-glass Wine Goblet. Work by Maria Margaretha van Os is recorded in the collections of Rijksmuseum and Kunstmuseum Den Haag.

• Name — Maria Margaretha van Os • Born — 15 November 1779 • Birthplace — The Hague, Netherlands • Died — 17 November 1862 • Place of death — The Hague, Netherlands • Education — Koninklijke Academie voor Beeldende Kunsten (Amsterdam) • Field — Painting • Illustration — Vanitas

She was born in The Hague as the daughter of the painters Jan van Os and Susanna de la Croix. She was the younger sister of Pieter Gerardus van Os and became the older sister of Georgius Jacobus Johannes van Os and Pieter Frederik van Os. Like her brothers, she was a pupil of her parents; her father was a landscape and still-life artist and her mother made pastel portraits. She is known for fruit and flower still lifes. From 1826 she was an honorary member of the Koninklijke Academie voor Beeldende Kunsten in Amsterdam. She died in The Hague.