Nicolaas Pieneman
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Nicolaas Pieneman ({{IPA|nl|ˈnikoːlaːs ˈpinəˌmɑn}}; 1 January 1809 – 30 December 1860) was a Dutch painter, art collector, lithographer, and sculptor.
Biography
Nicolaas Pieneman was born on 1 January 1809 in Amersfoort in the Kingdom of Holland. He was the son of painter Jan Willem Pieneman.[https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/63372 Nicolaas Pieneman (1809-1860)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180221161717/https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/63372 |date=2018-02-21 }}, Netherlands Institute for Art History, 2014. Retrieved on 16 January 2015.
Pieneman studied under his father and also at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Amsterdam; he was a pupil of Jean Baptiste Madou. He specialised in paintings of recent history and in portraits. He was a friend of William II of the Netherlands; he painted the king's inauguration in 1840,{{in lang|nl}} [http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/aria/aria_artists/00017117?lang=nl Nicolaas Pieneman] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120211142616/http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/aria/aria_artists/00017117?lang=nl |date=2012-02-11 }}, Rijksmuseum. Retrieved on 27 February 2008. and many members of the royal family. His pupils were Jan Daniël Beijnon, Johannes Arnoldus Boland, Conradijn Cunaeus, Bernard te Gempt, Hendrik Hollander, Willem Johann Martens, Johan Heinrich Neuman, Jan Frederik Tack, and Antonie Frederik Zürcher.
In July 1855, Jan Hendrik Donkel Curtius (the Opperhoofd in Nagasaki, Japan) recorded the presentation of an oil portrait of King Willem III by Pieneman, together with the steamship Soembing.
Pieneman died on 30 December 1860 in Amsterdam in the Netherlands.
Honours and affiliations
He was a member fourth class of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences{{cite web|url=http://www.dwc.knaw.nl/biografie/pmknaw/?pagetype=authorDetail&aId=PE00002307 |title=Nicolaas Pieneman (1809 - 1860) |language=nl |publisher=Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences |access-date=14 July 2015}} and by virtue of this, from 1852 of Natura Artis Magistra. He was a member of the Society Arti et Amicitiae.
He was a knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion, a Commander of the Order of Adolphe of Nassau and appointed to the Order of the Polar Star.{{in lang|nl}} Abraham Jacob van der Aa, "[http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/aa__001biog18_01/aa__001biog18_01_0645.php Nicolaas Pieneman]", Biographisch woordenboek der Nederlanden, 1872. Retrieved on 16 January 2015.
Works
File:Nicolaas Pieneman - The Submission of Prince Dipo Negoro to General De Kock.jpg|The Submission of Prince Dipo Negoro to General De Kock ({{circa}} 1830–1835)
File:Murder attempt against William the Silent in 1582.jpg|Murder attempt against William the Silent in 1582 (1838)
File:De inhuldiging van koning Willem II in de Nieuwe Kerk te Amsterdam, 28 november 1840 Rijksmuseum SK-A-3852.jpeg|The Inauguration of King William II in the Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam on 28 November 1840 (1840–1845)
File:Rochussen.jpg|Portrait of Jan Jacob Rochussen, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (1845)
File:Willem III (1817-90), koning der Nederlanden, Nicolaas Pieneman, 1856 - Rijksmuseum.jpg|Portrait of William III, King of the Netherlands (1856)
File:Johannes Bosscha (1797-1874), by Nicolaas Pieneman (1809-1860).jpg|Portrait of Johannes Bosscha (1857)
File:SA 1772-Portret van koning Willem III.jpg|Portrait of King William III (1859)
File:Jan Willem Pieneman02.jpg|Portrait of Jan Willem Pieneman, Painter, Father of Nicolaas Pieneman (1860)
References
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External links
- {{commons category-inline|Nicolaas Pieneman}}
- [http://www.artnet.com/artists/nikolaas-pieneman/past-auction-results Nicolaas Pieneman] on Artnet
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Category:19th-century Dutch painters
Category:Members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences