Adriaan van der Willigen Pz. (20 September 1810 – 22 August 1876)Adriaan van der Willigen Pz.
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was a 19th-century medical doctor and historian from the Northern Netherlands.

Biography

According to the RKD he was born in

Hillegom Hillegom () is a town and Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Western Netherlands, in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of South Holland. Hillegom is part of an area called the Duin- en Bollenstreek ("Dune and Bulb Regi ...

, the son of Pieter van der Willigen and a nephew of

Adriaan van der Willigen Adriaan van der Willigen (1766, Rotterdam – 1841, Haarlem) was a Dutch writer of plays and travelogues who is mostly remembered today for his comprehensive list of painter biographies. Biography He was born in Rotterdam, but six months late ...

, who left him an art collection and library which he expanded.Adriaan van der Willigen (2)
in the Nieuw Nederlandsch biografisch woordenboek (Dutch Who's Who), Part 10, by P.J. Blok & P.C. Molhuysen He was married 29 May 1845 to Geertruyda Aletta van Voorthuysen and set up a practise in Haarlem, where he became a member of

Teylers Tweede Genootschap Teylers Tweede Genootschap (English: Teylers Second Society), also known as the ''Wetenschappelijk Genootschap'' (Scientific Society) is one of the two societies founded within the Teylers Stichting with the purpose to promote and award prizes fo ...

. Like his uncle whom he was named after, he had a great love of art history and wrote many important works on Dutch painters as a result of research in the Haarlem archives, most notably on the members of the Haarlem Guild of St. Luke. In later years he had to leave his practice due to illness and moved to Rhedersteeg, where he later died.

Works

Geschiedkundige aanteekeningen over Haarlemsche schilders en andere
by Adriaan Pz van der Willigen on

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References

Willigen, Adriaan, van der, Pz.
in the Dictionary of Art Historians {{DEFAULTSORT:Willigen, Adriaan van der 1810 births 1876 deaths Dutch art historians 19th-century Dutch physicians People from Hillegom Members of Teylers Tweede Genootschap