Jan Baptist Tetar van Elven artwork • watercolour • drawing • previously for sale Interior of the Cologne Cathedral
Jan Baptist Tetar van Elven
Amsterdam 1805-1889 Voorschoten
1805-1889
Interior of the Cologne Cathedral
watercolour on paper 27.1 x 39.0 cm, signed on the reverse
This work on paper 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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