Cornelis Troost

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Jeronimus Tonneman and his Son, 1736, Oil on canvas, National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland.
Jeronimus Tonneman and his Son, 1736, Oil on canvas, National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland.

Cornelis Troost (1697 – 1750) was a Dutch painter from Amsterdam.

[edit] Painting career

Troost had his initial success with the painting of a lively group portrait depicting the Amsterdam Inspectors of the Collegium Medicum (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 1724). He is best known for his paintings of actors in famous roles as well as his witty genre scenes. His most famous piece, in his favorite medium of pastel and watercolor, is a five picture series entitled NELRI (Mauritshuis, The Hague, 1740). The name is derived from the first letters of the Latin inscriptions which accompany five views of the activities of a group of men during a night of reunion.[1]

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ [1] Troost at Web Gallery of Art. Retrieved Jan. 28, 2008.
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