Moritz Calisch (12 April 1819,

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– 13 March 1870,

), was a 19th-century painter from the Northern Netherlands.

Biography

According to the RKD he studied at the Royal Academy of Amsterdam under

Jan Adam Kruseman Jan Adam Kruseman (12 February 1804 – 17 March 1862) was a Dutch painter, known primarily for his portraits, although he also did landscapes and genre scenes. Biography Kruseman was born in Haarlem to a prominent family that would produce seve ...

and became a member of

Arti et Amicitiae Arti et Amicitiae (lat .: For Art and Friendship) is a Dutch artist's society founded in 1839, and located on the Rokin in Amsterdam. The Society (also called Arti for short) has played a key role in the Netherlands art scene and in particular in ...

, where he later served as vice-chairman.Moritz Calisch
in the

RKD The Netherlands Institute for Art History or RKD (Dutch: ), previously Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie (RKD), is located in The Hague and is home to the largest art history center in the world. The center specializes in document ...

In 1834 he won 150 guilders from the Drawing society of Rotterdam and a double silver medal for two paintings; ''A nursery visit in the family of a fisherman'' and ''

Louis Bonaparte Louis Bonaparte (born Luigi Buonaparte; 2 September 1778 – 25 July 1846) was a younger brother of Napoleon, Napoleon I, Emperor of the French. He was a monarch in his own right from 1806 to 1810, ruling over the Kingdom of Holland (a French c ...

offering assistance during a flood''.

Abraham Jacob van der Aa Abraham Jacob van der Aa (7 December 1792 – 21 March 1857) was a Dutch writer best known for his dictionaries, one of notable people and the other of notable places in the Netherlands. He was born in Amsterdam in 1792. His father was a lawy ...

He is known for portraits of the Jewish elite of Amsterdam, but also for historical genre works in the romantic style of the 19th century. He was himself Jewish and three of his friends took the initiative to create a monument in his name.

Gallery

File:Moritz Calisch (1819-1870), Jonge Italiaanse vrouw in gebed, 1850, Olieverf op doek photo2.JPG, Young woman in prayer, 1850, collection

Teylers Museum Teylers Museum () is an Art museum, art, Natural history museum, natural history, and science museum in Haarlem, Netherlands. Established in 1778, Teylers Museum was founded as a centre for contemporary art and science. The historic centre of the ...

File:An itinerant medicine vendor sitting on a donkey with his bo Wellcome V0016230.jpg, Itinerant Medicine Vendor File:'Moederzegen' Rijksmuseum SK-C-116.jpeg, A Mother's Blessing, 1844

References

External links

Moritz Calisch
in the

Joods Historisch Museum The (; ), part of the Jewish Cultural Quarter, is a museum in Amsterdam dedicated to Jewish history, culture and religion, in the Netherlands and worldwide. It is the only museum in the Netherlands dedicated to Jewish history. History The Jood ...

A nursery visit in the family of a fisherman
collection

Rijksmuseum The Rijksmuseum () is the national museum of the Netherlands dedicated to Dutch arts and history and is located in Amsterdam. The museum is located at the Museum Square in the borough of Amsterdam South, close to the Van Gogh Museum, the S ...

Moritz Calisch
on

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