Anthony Elliger (1701-1781) was an 18th-century painter from the

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. Elliger was born in

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as the son of

Ottomar Elliger II Ottomar or Ottmar Elliger the Younger (1666–1735) was a Dutch painter from Germany. Biography He was born in Hamburg as the son of the Danish painter Ottomar Elliger the Elder.Ottomar Elliger (II) in the RKD After being instructed in the fir ...

.Anthony Elliger in the

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He was the brother of Ottmar Elliger III. He married

Christina Houbraken Christina Houbraken (c. 1695–1760s) was an 18th-century artist from the Dutch Republic. Biography She was born in Dordrecht as the fourth of ten children of Arnold Houbraken.Arnold Houbraken Arnold Houbraken (28 March 1660 – 14 October 1719) was a Dutch people, Dutch Painting, painter and writer from Dordrecht, now remembered mainly as a biographer of Dutch Golden Age painters. Life Houbraken was sent first to learn ''threadt ...

and they became the father of

Christina Maria Elliger Christina Maria Elliger (23 September 1731 – 6 March 1802) was an 18th-century artist from the Dutch Republic. Biography Christina Maria Elliger was born in Amsterdam as the daughter of Anthony Elliger and Christina Houbraken, a daughter ...

. Besides his daughter, his pupils were

Jan Gerard Waldorp Jan Gerard Waldorp (1740–1808) was a Dutch artist and museum curator. He received all paying visitors to the Nationale Kunst-Galerij in the Hague (1800–1805), one of the forerunners of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. Jan Gerard Waldorp was a p ...

, Jurriaan Andriessen, Izaäk Schmidt, and

Johannes Cornelis Mertens Johannes is a Medieval Latin form of the personal name that usually appears as "John" in English language contexts. It is a variant of the Greek and Classical Latin variants (Ιωάννης, '' Ioannes''), itself derived from the Hebrew name '' Ye ...

. At the age of almost 80, Elliger died in Ede on the fifth of June.

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1701 births 1781 deaths Painters from Amsterdam 18th-century Dutch painters 18th-century Dutch male artists Dutch male painters {{Netherlands-painter-stub