Jan Baptist Tetar van Elven artwork • painting • previously for sale Church interior
Jan Baptist Tetar van Elven
Amsterdam 1805-1889 Voorschoten
1805-1889
Church interior
oil on panel 39.8 x 50.5 cm, signed l.r. with initials
This painting was previously for sale.
Jan Baptist Tetar van Elven was one of the Dutch Romantic painters who specialized in church interiors. He also painted cityscapes, genre scenes and portraits. Tetar van Elven received his education at the academies of Antwerp and Brussels. He then settled in Amsterdam, where he was appointed director of the drawing department of the Maatschappij tot Nut van het Algemeen.
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