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Cornelis Troost
Cornelis Troost

Cornelis Troost

Dutch, 1696 - 1750
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Cornelis Troost was an 18th-century actor and painter from Amsterdam.
Troost was trained as an actor and married the actress Susanna Maria van der Duyn, but became a pupil of Arnold Boonen and gave up his career for painting in 1723.

He is primarily remembered for his works depicting scenes from the Amsterdam Theatre (he also made theatre decorations for plays) and daily life of the upper crust in Amsterdam. One of his earliest drawings dated 1708, is of Prince Eugene of Savoy and the bookseller and spy Louis Renard visiting a chic Amsterdam brothel. Then he had an early success with a lively group portrait depicting the Amsterdam Inspectors of the Collegium Medicum (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 1724). Troost painted portraits, including one of Herman Boerhaave, the famous doctor from Leiden. Troost is known for his paintings of actors in famous roles as well as his witty and elegant Rococo genre scenes. Troost was possibly influenced by William Hogarth, and certainly by French artists such as Watteau, Boucher and Lancret.

His 1736 painting Jeronimus Tonneman and his Son shows the art collector seated in his parlour. He lived on the Keizersgracht, and collected Troost's paintings. It is assumed the book on the table is by Karel van Mander and on the chimney breast Argus and Mercury can be seen. Troost himself lived nearby on the banks of the river Amstel and at Prinsengracht.

A famous work, in his favorite medium of pastel and watercolor, is a five picture series entitled NELRI (Mauritshuis, The Hague, 1740). The name is derived from the first letters of the Latin inscriptions which accompany five views of the activities of a group of men during a night of reunion.

His pupils were Jacobus Buys, Noël Challe, Pieter Tanjé, and his own daughter Sara Troost. He had five daughters and they were all trained in the arts, but only Sara had works engraved by other artists. She married the printer Jacob Ploos van Amstel and another daughter Elisabeth married his brother, the Amsterdam painter Cornelis Ploos van Amstel.

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Tafelende man met een glas wijn een een kluif

Tafelende man met een glas wijn een een kluif (1706 - 1750)

Cornelis Troost (Dutch, 1696 - 1750)
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Self-portrait

Self-portrait (1739)

Cornelis Troost (Dutch, 1696 - 1750)
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Self-Portrait

Self-Portrait (1715 - 1730)

Cornelis Troost (Dutch, 1696 - 1750)
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Unseemly Love, perhaps a scene of the Widower Joost with Lucia, 2nd scene from the play ‘De wanhebbelijke liefde’ by CJ van der Lijn

Unseemly Love, perhaps a scene of the Widower Joost with Lucia, 2nd scene from the play ‘De wanhebbelijke liefde’ by CJ van der Lijn (1720 - 1750)

Cornelis Troost (Dutch, 1696 - 1750)
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Guardroom Scene

Guardroom Scene (1747)

Cornelis Troost (Dutch, 1696 - 1750)
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Inspection of a Cavalry Regiment, perhaps by William of Hesse-Homburg

Inspection of a Cavalry Regiment, perhaps by William of Hesse-Homburg (1742)

Cornelis Troost (Dutch, 1696 - 1750)
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Inspectors of the Collegium Medicum in Amsterdam, 1724

Inspectors of the Collegium Medicum in Amsterdam, 1724 (1724)

Cornelis Troost (Dutch, 1696 - 1750)
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Misled; The Ambassador of the Rascals Exposes himself from the Window of ‘t Bokki Tavern in the Haarlemmerhout

Misled; The Ambassador of the Rascals Exposes himself from the Window of ‘t Bokki Tavern in the Haarlemmerhout (c. 1739 - before 1750)

Cornelis Troost (Dutch, 1696 - 1750)
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Regents of the Aalmoezeniersweeshuis Orphanage in Amsterdam, 1729

Regents of the Aalmoezeniersweeshuis Orphanage in Amsterdam, 1729 (1729)

Cornelis Troost (Dutch, 1696 - 1750)
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Rustende wandelaar voor de herberg De Mosse Knip

Rustende wandelaar voor de herberg De Mosse Knip (1706 - 1750)

Cornelis Troost (Dutch, 1696 - 1750)
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An Amsterdam Canal House Garden

An Amsterdam Canal House Garden (c. 1740 - 1745)

Cornelis Troost (Dutch, 1696 - 1750)
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Toneelscène uit Pefroen met het schaapshoofd

Toneelscène uit Pefroen met het schaapshoofd (1740)

Cornelis Troost (Dutch, 1696 - 1750)
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Twee ruiters, elkaar op een bosweg ontmoetend en op elkaar vurend

Twee ruiters, elkaar op een bosweg ontmoetend en op elkaar vurend (1740)

Cornelis Troost (Dutch, 1696 - 1750)
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Gezicht op een buitenplaats met vier kolfspelers

Gezicht op een buitenplaats met vier kolfspelers (1706 - 1800)

Cornelis Troost (Dutch, 1696 - 1750)
Landscape
Portrait of a woman, seated in a landscape, as an allegory of Fidelity

Portrait of a woman, seated in a landscape, as an allegory of Fidelity (1732)

Cornelis Troost (Dutch, 1696 - 1750)
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Suijpe Steijn

Suijpe Steijn (1742)

Cornelis Troost (Dutch, 1696 - 1750)
Landscape
Ein Reiter mit Dreispitz und Zopf, im Hintergrund eine Kanallandschaft

Ein Reiter mit Dreispitz und Zopf, im Hintergrund eine Kanallandschaft

Cornelis Troost (Dutch, 1696 - 1750)
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The ridiculous squire

The ridiculous squire (1744)

Cornelis Troost (Dutch, 1696 - 1750)
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View of a Park with Two Young Ladies by a Statue of Hercules

View of a Park with Two Young Ladies by a Statue of Hercules (after 1737)

Cornelis Troost (Dutch, 1696 - 1750)
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Guardroom Scene

Guardroom Scene (1744)

Cornelis Troost (Dutch, 1696 - 1750)
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Alexander the Great at the Battle of the Granicus against the Persians

Alexander the Great at the Battle of the Granicus against the Persians (1737)

Cornelis Troost (Dutch, 1696 - 1750)
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Portræt af en dreng i en park

Portræt af en dreng i en park (1724)

Cornelis Troost (Dutch, 1696 - 1750)
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The inspectors of the Collegium Medicum

The inspectors of the Collegium Medicum (1724)

Cornelis Troost (Dutch, 1696 - 1750)
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Portrait of the Physician Herman Boerhaave, Professor at the University of Leiden

Portrait of the Physician Herman Boerhaave, Professor at the University of Leiden (1735)

Cornelis Troost (Dutch, 1696 - 1750)
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A Couple Making Music

A Couple Making Music (1743)

Cornelis Troost (Dutch, 1696 - 1750)
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Family Group near a Harpsichord

Family Group near a Harpsichord (1739)

Cornelis Troost (Dutch, 1696 - 1750)
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Gerrit Sichterman (1688-1730). Quartermaster-General of the Cavalry, Colonel of the Oranje-Groningen Infantry Regiment, Commandant of Grave

Gerrit Sichterman (1688-1730). Quartermaster-General of the Cavalry, Colonel of the Oranje-Groningen Infantry Regiment, Commandant of Grave (1725)

Cornelis Troost (Dutch, 1696 - 1750)
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Gerrit Sichterman (1688-1730). Quartermaster-General of the Cavalry, Colonel of the Oranje-Groningen Infantry Regiment, Commandant of Grave

Gerrit Sichterman (1688-1730). Quartermaster-General of the Cavalry, Colonel of the Oranje-Groningen Infantry Regiment, Commandant of Grave (c. 1725)

Cornelis Troost (Dutch, 1696 - 1750)
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Portrait of a Man

Portrait of a Man (1723)

Cornelis Troost (Dutch, 1696 - 1750)
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Portrait of Maria Magdalena Stavenisse, Wife of Jacob de Witte of Elkerzee, Councilor of Zierikzee

Portrait of Maria Magdalena Stavenisse, Wife of Jacob de Witte of Elkerzee, Councilor of Zierikzee (c. 1726)

Cornelis Troost (Dutch, 1696 - 1750)
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