Petronella van Woensel
Petronella van Woensel (14 May 1785 – 12 November 1839) was a Dutch painter and a graphic artist. Woensel was born in Raalte and became a pupil of the flower painters Georgius Jacobus Johannes van Os and Jan van Os. She is known for her flower paintings and from 1822 was an honorary member of the Koninklijke Academie voor Beeldende Kunsten.
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Petronella van Woensel
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- Name
- Petronella van Woensel
- Born
- 14 May 1785
- Birthplace
- Raalte
- Died
- 12 November 1839
- Place of death
- The Hague
- Nationality
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Occupation
- painter
- Fields
- floral
- Teachers
- Jan van Os · Georgius Jacobus Johannes van Os
- Languages
- Dutch
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Petronella van Woensel (14 May 1785 – 12 November 1839) was a Dutch painter and a graphic artist. Woensel was born in Raalte and became a pupil of the flower painters Georgius Jacobus Johannes van Os and Jan van Os. She is known for her flower paintings and from 1822 was an honorary member of the Koninklijke Academie voor Beeldende Kunsten.
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There exist also sets of drawings and etchings by her hand, many of them are copy after other masters. Woensel died in The Hague.
Training under Jan van Os and Georgius Jacobus Johannes van Os is recorded. The recorded working language is Dutch. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are floral. Places of work recorded in the authority are The Hague, Brussels and Antwerp. Work by Petronella van Woensel is recorded in the collections of Fitzwilliam Museum and Print Collection.
Identificatie Titel(s): Bloemstilleven op een marmeren blad
Petronella van Woensel
Identificatie Titel(s): Vruchtenstilleven op een marmeren blad
Petronella van Woensel
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• Name — Petronella van Woensel • Born — 14 May 1785 • Birthplace — Raalte • Died — 12 November 1839 • Place of death — The Hague
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- 1.Link RKD id=85275
- 2.E.E. Gewin, "Woensel (Joan van)" in P.J. Blok en P.C. Molhuysen (red.) (1914) Nieuw Nederlandsch biografisch woordenboek. Deel 3. Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff.
- 3.Hanna Klarenbeek, "Woensel, Petronella van", Digitaal Vrouwenlexicon van Nederland.
- 4.Pieter A. Scheen (1969) Lexicon Nederlandse Beeldende Kunstenaars 1750-1950. 's-Gravenhage: Kunsthandel Pieter A. Scheen N.V. Volume 2, p. 618.
- 5.S. van Loo, ‘The Forgotten Accomplishments of the Painter duet Maria Margaretha van Os (1779-1862) and Petronella van Woensel (1785-1839), or how two Dutch Women Artists in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century Befriended one another and Decided to Dedicate their Lives to Still-life Painting", in Jaarboek Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten Antwerpen 2000, p. 231-263.
- 6.Hanna Klarenbeek (2012) Penseelprinsessen & broodschilderessen: vrouwen in de beeldende kunst 1808-1913. Bussum: Uitgeverij Thoth.
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