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Elias van Nijmegen (1667,
According to the RKD he became a member of the
in the RKD He is known for ceiling and wall decorations and was the teacher of the Rotterdam painters
Elias van Nijmegen (1667, Nijmegen
Nijmegen (;; Spanish and it, Nimega. Nijmeegs: ''Nimwèège'' ) is the largest city in the Dutch province of Gelderland and tenth largest of the Netherlands as a whole, located on the Waal river close to the German border. It is about 6 ...
– January 24, 1755, Rotterdam), was an 18th-century painter from the Northern Netherlands
The United Provinces of the Netherlands, also known as the (Seven) United Provinces, officially as the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Dutch: ''Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden''), and commonly referred to in historiography ...
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Biography
According to the RKD he became a member of the Leiden Guild of St. Luke
The Leiden Guild of Saint Luke refers to three artist collectives in Leiden; the ''Leidsche St. Lucas Gilde'' dating from 1648, the newer ''Leidse Tekenacademie'' established in 1694, and the collective known as ''Ars Aemula Naturae'' (art compet ...
in 1689, but he moved to Rotterdam where he married in 1701 and became a member of the guild there the next year in 1702.Elias van Nijmegenin the RKD He is known for ceiling and wall decorations and was the teacher of the Rotterdam painters
Gerard Sanders
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(his nephew by marriage of his brother Tobias to the widow Sanders) and his son Dionys. His daughter Barbara
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People
* Barbara (given name)
* Barbara (painter) (1915–2002), pseudonym of Olga Biglieri, Italian futurist painter
* Barbara (singer) (1930–1997), French singer
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also became a painter.
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