Jan Willem Pieneman (; 4 November 1779 – 8 April 1853) was a Dutch

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Biography

Jan Willem Pieneman was born on 4 November 1779 in Abcoude in the

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(present-day

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). Initially, he worked as a salesman, but also took courses at the Amsterdam '' Stadstekenacademie''.Jan Willem Pieneman
in the

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In 1805 he was appointed as drawing instructor at the artillery and engineering training centre in

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. He was particularly noted for his paintings depicting events from the history of the

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. His fame was established by a painting he did at the Villa Welgelegen, depicting the heroic acts of the

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at the Battle of Quatre Bras, followed by a painting of the

Battle of Waterloo The Battle of Waterloo was fought on Sunday 18 June 1815, near Waterloo, Belgium, Waterloo (then in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, now in Belgium), marking the end of the Napoleonic Wars. The French Imperial Army (1804–1815), Frenc ...

. The latter found favor with the

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, who invited him to England, on several occasions, to do portraits. In 1820 he was appointed as first director of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts (Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten) in

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, a position he held until his death. He also served as an assistant director at the "Koninklijk Kabinet" (now the

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). From 1844 to 1847 he was director of the Rijksmuseum which at that time was still housed in the

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. He played an important role as mentor and tutor to a group of young artists, one of whom was

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. Other pupils included: Christina Alida Blijdenstein, Jacob Bruggink, Gijsbertus Craeyvanger, Reinier Craeyvanger, Johannes Hinderikus Egenberger, Petrus Franciscus Greive,

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, Louis Meijer, his son Nicolaas Pieneman, Jan Jacob Spohler and Willem Steelink. Pieneman died on 8 April 1853 in Amsterdam.

Works

File:Allegorie op de dood van Willem V, prins van Oranje, 1806 Rijksmuseum SK-A-4268.jpeg, ''Allegory on the death of

William V, Prince of Orange William V (Willem Batavus; 8 March 1748 – 9 April 1806) was Prince of Orange and the last Stadtholder of the Dutch Republic. He went into exile to London in 1795. He was furthermore ruler of the Principality of Orange-Nassau until his death in ...

'' (1806) File:De zelfopoffering van predikant Hambroeck op Formosa, 1662 Rijksmuseum SK-A-4269.jpeg, ''The Self-Sacrifice of Pastor Antonius Hambroek on Formosa'' (1810) File:Quatre Bras - Jan Willem Pieneman.jpg, '' The Prince of Orange at Quatre Bras'' (1818) File:De Slag bij Waterloo Rijksmuseum SK-A-1115.jpeg, ''

The Battle of Waterloo (Pieneman painting) ''The Battle of Waterloo'' (Dutch: ''De Slag bij Waterloo'') is a large history painting by the Dutch artist Jan Willem Pieneman completed in 1824. It portrays the Battle of Waterloo on 18 June 1815 which marked the final defeat of Napoleon's F ...

'' (detail, 1824), showing, e.g., the

, King William of Orange and the wounded

File:Jan Willem Pieneman01.jpg, '' The Triumvirate Assuming Power on Behalf of the Prince of Orange'' (1828) File:Overgave van Hasselt (cropped).jpg, ''The Surrender of Hasselt'' (1831) File:General D H Chassé.jpg, ''Portrait of General David Hendrik Chassé'' (1832) File:Jacob Hobein (1810-1888). Redder der Nederlandse vlag onder vijandelijk vuur, 18 maart 1831 Rijksmuseum SK-A-1371.jpeg, ''Portrait of '' (1832) File:Jonkheer Jan Willem Janssens (1762-1838). Gouverneur van de Kaapkolonie en gouverneur-generaal van Nederlands Oost Indië Rijksmuseum SK-A-2219.jpeg, ''Portrait of Jan Willem Janssens'' ( 1815–1838) File:Agatha Petronella Hartsen (1814-78). In bruidstoilet ter gelegenheid van haar huwelijk met Jan van der Hoop op 17 maart 1841 Rijksmuseum SK-A-4123.jpeg, ''Portrait of Agatha Petronella Hartsen'' (1841) File:Carel Joseph Fodor.jpg, ''Portrait of Carel Joseph Fodor'' (1848) File:Pieter Merkus (1787-1844). Gouverneur-generaal (1841-44) Rijksmuseum SK-A-3801.jpeg, ''Portrait of Pieter Merkus''
( 1844–1851)

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