Overdoor with Representation of Two Reclining Women with Garlands
Jurriaan Andriessen
c. 1786
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
h 124cm × w 259.5cm
Classification
painting, overdoor
Museum
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
About this artwork
Dessus-de-porte met een voorstelling van twee liggende vrouwen met guirlandes. Onderdeel van de Beuningkamer.
About the Artist
Jurriaan Andriessen
A painter and draftsman known mostly for his painted wallpapers. He eventually owned his own successful factory; his designs followed the prevailing 18th-century taste for arcadian and native Dutch landscapes with small figures, and especially for decorative architecture. He was active in the Amsterdam Tekenacademie, first as a student, then as a teacher, and, by 1784, as co-director with Cornelis...