Quirinus van Amelsfoort

Quirinus van Amelsfoort (1760–1820) was a Dutch painter.

Maasland by Quirinus van Amelsfoort and Franciscus Johannes de Groot, Noordbrabants Museum in 's-Hertogenbosch, 1804-5

Life

Van Amelsfoort was born and died at 's-Hertogenbosch. He painted allegories, history, and portraits; in the last the likenesses were remarkable for their truth.[1]

In 1804-5 the departmental government of Brabant commissioned a set of fifteen paintings of coats of arms from van Amelsfoort and Franciscus Johannes de Groot. They are now in the collection of the Noordbrabants Museum.[2]

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References

Bryan & 1886-9.
"NBM Nieuws nr101" (PDF). Noordbrabants Museum. Retrieved 17 October 2012.

Sources

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Bryan, Michael (1886). "Amelsfoort, Quirinus van". In Graves, Robert Edmund (ed.). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (A–K). I (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.

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[FOOTNOTEBryan1886-9-1] Bryan & 1886-9.

[2] "NBM Nieuws nr101" (PDF). Noordbrabants Museum. Retrieved 17 October 2012.