BRONDGEEST, Albertus - b. 1786 Amsterdam, d. 1849 Amsterdam - WGA

BRONDGEEST, Albertus

(b. 1786 Amsterdam, d. 1849 Amsterdam)

Dutch painter and draughtsman. He was a pupil of Pieter Gerardus van Os, and studied 17th-century Dutch drawings in the Amsterdam collections of his time. In 1807 he became an international art broker and in that capacity he represented important Dutch collectors at auctions and handled the sale of their collections.

Girl Standing by a Fence
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Girl Standing by a Fence

Judging from the style and subject of this drawing, Albertus Brondgeest was familiar with the work of Adriaen van de Velde.

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