Pieter Arnold Diederichs (1804-74). Boekhandelaar te Amsterdam en oprichter van het Algemeen Handelsblad in 1828
Johann Georg Schwartze
1850 - 1860
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
8.3; 67.5; 3.7; 72.2
About this artwork
depth 8.3 cm
About the Artist
Johann Georg Schwartze · 1814–1874
Johan Georg Schwartze (1814–1874) was a prominent Dutch portrait painter whose career bridged the Atlantic and exemplified the refined realism of the Düsseldorf school. Born in Amsterdam on October 20, 1814, to merchant Johann Engelbert Schwartze and Eleonora Schildbach, he emigrated with his family to Philadelphia at age three, where his father established a paint and varnish factory. There, youn...