Tako Hajo Jelgersma
Illustration — Portrait of Tako Hajo Jelgersma at work, by John Greenwood Tako Hajo Jelgersma (October 29, 1702 – March 24, 1795) was an 18th-century Dutch painter.
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Tako Hajo Jelgersma
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- Born
- 1702. · Harlingen.
- Died
- 1795. · Haarlem.
- Nationality
- Dutch Republic.
- Occupation
- painter, draftsperson, pastellist, grisaillist, watercolorist, copyist and printmaker.
- Known for
- Portrait of Gerrit Willem van Oosten de Bruyn.
- Languages
- Dutch.
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Illustration — Portrait of Tako Hajo Jelgersma at work, by John Greenwood Tako Hajo Jelgersma (October 29, 1702 – March 24, 1795) was an 18th-century Dutch painter.
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The recorded working language is Dutch. Places of work recorded in the authority are Harlingen and Haarlem. Works named in the authority record are Portrait of Gerrit Willem van Oosten de Bruyn. Work by Tako Hajo Jelgersma is recorded in the collections of Städel Museum, Frans Hals Museum, Museum Slot Loevestein and Het Scheepvaartmuseum.
He was born in Harlingen. According to the RKD-Nederlands Instituut voor Kunstgeschiedenis, Jelgersma moved to Haarlem in 1752. He was the pupil of Frans Decker and Wigerus Vitringa. He painted landscapes, portraits, and copies of old masters. His grisailles followed the manner of Jacob de Wit. His pupils were Johan Bernard Brandhoff, Johannes Petrus van Horstok, Cornelis van Noorde, Martinus van der Jagt, and Johannes Swertner. He lived to a great age. His pupil Cornelis van Noorde made many engravings after portraits that Jelgersma made. Often these are the only surviving portraits of these people today. • Illustration — Over the mantel grisaille for the Hofje van Noblet painted in 1763 • Illustration — Portrait of Hendrik Fabricius, aged 10, 1748
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John Greenwood · Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
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1702
Tako Hajo Jelgersma was born on 29 October 1702.
1795
Tako Hajo Jelgersma died on 18 March 1795.
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Harlingen.
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Haarlem.
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- 1.Notice de Tako Hajo Jelgersma. rkd.nl.
- 2.Bénézit B00094624 .
Bibliography printed in the source article · 7
- « Jelgersma, Tako Hajo » dans Lexicon Nederlandse beeldende kunstenaars, 1750-1880, Scheen, 1981, p. 249.
- « Taco Hajo Jelgersma » dans Biographisch woordenboek der Nederlanden, bevattende levensbeschrijvingen van zoodanige personen, die zich op eenigerlei wijze in ons vaderland hebben vermaard gemaakt, vol. 9 (1860), p. 138-139.
- A. Staring, Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler : von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart, vol. 18 (1925), p. 498-499.
- Niederländisches Künstler-Lexikon auf Grund archivalischer Forschungen bearbeitet, p. 754.
- Lexicon Nederlandse beeldende kunstenaars, 1750-1950, Scheen, 1969, p. 249.
- Bénézit, 2006, p. 800.
- R. J. A. te Rijdt, « Tako Hajo Jelgersma (1702-1795) en Betje Wolff: het titelblad voor haar topografische atlas en een portret », dans Delineavit et Sculpsit , , p. 26-36.
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Tako Hajo Jelgersma is recorded with the occupation watercolorist. Recorded as painter, draftsperson, pastellist, grisaillist and watercolorist.
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Work by Tako Hajo Jelgersma is
Städel Museum, Frans Hals Museum, Museum Slot Loevestein and Het Scheepvaartmuseum
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