Petrus Theodorus van Wijngaerdt (de oude) artwork • painting • previously for sale The letter
Petrus Theodorus van Wijngaerdt (de oude)
Rotterdam 1816-1893 Haarlem
1816-1893
The letter
oil on panel 20.4 x 15.1 cm, signed l.r. and dated 1878
This painting was previously for sale.
P.T. van Wijngaerdt was the younger brother of the romantic landscape painter A.J. van Wijngaerdt. He was born in Rotterdam, lived for some time in The Hague and London and finally settled in Haarlem. Together with his contemporaries Reijntjens, Bles, Scholten and Bakker Korff, he belonged to the group of genre painters who mainly chose elegant figures as a subject. The Frans Halsmuseum in Haarlem has work by this painter in the collection.
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