Christiaan Andriessen

284 works

A page from Christiaan Andriessen's diary from 1805 shows a boy attacked on the street by a butcher's boy with a knife, and that page is now kept at the city archive of Amsterdam. Read more

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Grey wash drawing of a nude male model standing on a platform in an academy studio, one arm raised to a bar.

Sketch sheet with the Nieuwebrug and various female figures

1785

Ink and wash drawing of a woman in a white dress and bonnet lying on a sofa, head resting on her hand.

Cornelia Aletta Hulst van lies on the couch

1800

Grey wash drawing of a seated woman in a striped dress and bonnet, head resting on her hand beside a window.

Interior with two men including a draftsman

1784

Watercolour drawing of a lecture with a man touching a skull under a floating pink balloon before a seated audience.

Intermezzo from the comedy 'De min in het Lazarushuis

1807

Pen and grey wash drawing of a standing man in a long coat and tall boots holding a top hat, with a handwritten note below.

Christiaan Andriessen takes off his hat for his friends

1805

Grey wash drawing of women with a parasol and a man in a top hat crossing a dim passage toward a bright doorway.

Christiaan Andriessen and his family leave De Fransche Tuin at one o'clock at night

1806

Sepia wash drawing of a schoolroom with young women in period gowns seated at benches and a man in a long coat by tall window

Pupils of Miss Zeydelaar's girls' boarding school wish master Christiaan Andriessen a pleasant fair

1805

Grey wash drawing of visitors entering a fairground tent, with a performer in a pointed hat on a balcony.

Visitors stream into a fair tent

1808

Watercolor interior with figures in shadow watching a woman in white at a glowing doorway beneath a chandelier.

Poffertjes stall at the fair with a man with a barrel organ

1806

Night street scene of a vendor with a wheelbarrow of shells, lit by a candle lantern, in brown wash drawing.

Street vendor selling window ashes from his wheelbarrow in the evening

1805

Pen sketch of a blindfolded violinist and a hurdy-gurdy player in a top hat with a woman in a cloak on a street.

Three street musicians of whom the violinist is blindfolded

1805

Pen and wash drawing of a street vendor in a tall hat raising a lottery ticket and calling out to passersby.

Street vendor sells lottery tickets for the lottery

1805

Pen and grey wash drawing of a standing maid watching a kneeling woman with a basket beside stone steps and a grid-paned wind

Maid watches while ribbon is measured

1805

Ink and wash drawing of a seated woman by a canal railing, with a standing woman, a child and potted plants at right.

Woman with child buys a Palm Sunday stick

1806

Brown wash drawing of four children on a flat boat by a canal, looking up at trees and a building behind a fence.

Four children look from a barge at a sparrow's nest

1806

Pen and watercolor drawing of a heavyset man with a cane facing a woman in a pink skirt and flying scarf.

Police officer and a woman who tries to seduce him

1805

Pen and wash drawing of an elderly man in a tricorn hat and long coat leaning on a cane beside a railing.

Man with cane and tricorn hat from the Diaconie Oude Mannen en Vrouwenhuis

1805

Grey wash drawing of a woman walking between two men in tricorn hats and long coats along a railed path beside a tree.

Woman is brought to the Workhouse by two guards

1806

Grey wash drawing of two poor people sitting and eating on stone steps by a doorway, with a railing and cobblestones.

Two poor people eating on the stairs of the Diaconie Oude Mannen en Vrouwenhuis

1806

Ink and wash drawing of three men on a panorama viewing platform overlooking a hazy city skyline with a church tower.

Christiaan Andriessen and Anthony Andriessen visit the new panorama of Amsterdam

1806

Ink and wash drawing of three men in cloaks and tricorn hats, two of them helping a third dress, with Dutch inscription below

Three men helping each other dress for the funeral of Caspar Vredenburg

1806

Ink and grey wash sketch of two standing men in period dress, one holding an umbrella and the other a cane.

Lutheran clergyman J. Tissel and his son

1806

Brown wash drawing of a woman in a cloak talking to a man in a top hat by a railing, with other figures behind them.

Conversation on the Hogesluis, possibly about the length of the skirt of the woman in the foreground

1806

Watercolor sketch of two 18th-century men in red and black coats gesturing in conversation, one holding a walking stick.

Two main characters from the opera Doktor und Apotheker by Karl Ditter von Dittersdorf

1806

Brown wash drawing of a family group in an interior, women in empire gowns and bonnets admiring a fur-trimmed coat.

Family admires the new coat of the sister of Christiaan Andriessen

1806

Pen and watercolor drawing of a standing woman in a white headscarf and blue patterned blouse holding a bowl.

Portrait of the sister of the Frisian painter C.J. van Baar van Slangenburgh

1806

Ink and wash drawing of a nursemaid with a parasol walking with two children in long dresses.

Babysitter with two children under a broken umbrella

1806

Pen and watercolour sketch of figures battling wind and rain on a street, with a woman in a bonnet and a man with an umbrella

Maid with a very long sunbonnet, a funeral caller and Christiaan Andriessen brave wind and rain

1806

A page from Christiaan Andriessen's diary from 1805 shows a boy attacked on the street by a butcher's boy with a knife, and that page is now kept at the city archive of Amsterdam. He was born in Amsterdam in 1775 and learned to paint from his father, Jurriaan. He painted history and genre scenes, landscapes and views of towns, and now and then a portrait. His works include a Panorama of Amsterdam, and he died in 1846. Browse 284 works by Christiaan Andriessen from 2 museums, free to download in HD. Source: Wikipedia

Christiaan Andriessen

'Action at the academy'

The Artist in his Atelier

Sketch sheet with the Nieuwebrug and various female figures

Cornelia Aletta Hulst van lies on the couch

Seated Cornelia Aletta Hulst

Self-portrait

Interior with two men including a draftsman

Intermezzo from the comedy 'De min in het Lazarushuis

Christiaan Andriessen takes off his hat for his friends

Christiaan Andriessen and his family leave De Fransche Tuin at one o'clock at night

Pupils of Miss Zeydelaar's girls' boarding school wish master Christiaan Andriessen a pleasant fair

Visitors stream into a fair tent

Poffertjes stall at the fair with a man with a barrel organ

Street vendor selling window ashes from his wheelbarrow in the evening

Three street musicians of whom the violinist is blindfolded

Street vendor sells lottery tickets for the lottery

Maid watches while ribbon is measured

Woman with child buys a Palm Sunday stick

Four children look from a barge at a sparrow's nest

Police officer and a woman who tries to seduce him

Man with cane and tricorn hat from the Diaconie Oude Mannen en Vrouwenhuis

Woman is brought to the Workhouse by two guards

Two poor people eating on the stairs of the Diaconie Oude Mannen en Vrouwenhuis

Christiaan Andriessen and Anthony Andriessen visit the new panorama of Amsterdam

Three men helping each other dress for the funeral of Caspar Vredenburg

Lutheran clergyman J. Tissel and his son

Conversation on the Hogesluis, possibly about the length of the skirt of the woman in the foreground

Two main characters from the opera Doktor und Apotheker by Karl Ditter von Dittersdorf

Family admires the new coat of the sister of Christiaan Andriessen

Portrait of the sister of the Frisian painter C.J. van Baar van Slangenburgh

Babysitter with two children under a broken umbrella

Maid with a very long sunbonnet, a funeral caller and Christiaan Andriessen brave wind and rain

Christiaan Andriessen

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