Willem Pieter Hoevenaar
Illustration — Portrait of Willem Pieter Hoevenaar by his son Jozef Willem Pieter Hoevenaar (1808, Utrecht – 1863, Utrecht), was a 19th-century painter, draughtsman, lithographer and watercolor artist from the Northern Netherlands.
Willem Pieter Hoevenaar
![Caspar van Baerle [Barlæus]. Coloured lithograph by P.W. van de Weyer after W. P. Hoevenaar., 1800-1899, by Willem Pieter Hoevenaar](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/V0000292/full/1280,/0/default.jpg)
Willem Pieter Hoevenaar · Wellcome Collection, London · Wellcome Collection · Public Domain Mark
- Born
- 1808. · Utrecht.
- Died
- 1863. · Utrecht.
- Nationality
- Kingdom of the Netherlands.
- Known for
- Slijpsteenmarkt (Whetstone Market) in Amsterdam (The Slypsteenen at Amsterdam) and Jan Steen and Frans Van Mieris in the Inn.
- Languages
- Dutch.
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Illustration — Portrait of Willem Pieter Hoevenaar by his son Jozef Willem Pieter Hoevenaar (1808, Utrecht – 1863, Utrecht), was a 19th-century painter, draughtsman, lithographer and watercolor artist from the Northern Netherlands.
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The recorded working language is Dutch. Places of work recorded in the authority are Utrecht. Works named in the authority record are Slijpsteenmarkt (Whetstone Market) in Amsterdam (The Slypsteenen at Amsterdam) and Jan Steen and Frans Van Mieris in the Inn. Work by Willem Pieter Hoevenaar is recorded in the collections of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Teylers Museum, Amsterdam Museum, Rijksmuseum and National Museum Paleis het Loo.
• Illustration — The painters Jan Steen and Frans van Mieris in a tavern, historical allegory painted in 1842, collection Teylers Museum According to the RKD he learned to paint from his father, the painter Adriaenus Hoevenaar and later Pieter Christoffel Wonder. His brothers Cornelis Willem and Nicolaas Ludolph were also painters. His works were shown at exhibitions in The Hague and Amsterdam during the years 1828-1863, and his drawings in sepia were popular in his time. His pupils were David van der Kellen Jr. and his son Jozef Hoevenaar, who drew his portrait. He is known for genre works with figures, often portrayed in vintage Dutch costumes.
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