Cornelis Kruseman

Cornelis Kruseman
Cornelis Kruseman, Public domain

(1797–1857) Dutch painter (1797-1857)

Cornelis Kruseman (Netherlands, 1797–1857) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Cornelis Kruseman belongs to the chapter ‘Romanticism’ in this site’s history of art.

Cornelis Kruseman was born in Amsterdam and died in Lisse. Cornelis Kruseman studied under François-Joseph Navez. Cornelis Kruseman worked in Netherlands. Cornelis Kruseman became a member of Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Cornelis Kruseman was awarded Commander of the Order of the Oak Crown. The students included Douwe de Hoop.

The best-known works include ‘Portrait of the actor Gerrit Carel Rombach (1784-1833)’, ‘The Entombment’, and ‘Interior with Peasant Family and Sleeping Cat’. The works belong mainly to the genres portrait and landscape painting. The catalogue has 33 works by Cornelis Kruseman with free images. The dated works span the years 1812–1850. Works by Cornelis Kruseman are held by several collections, among them Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands Art Collection, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Museum, and Mauritshuis.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Bartholomeus Johannes van Hove, Christina Gérarda Enschedé, Hendrik van de Sande Bakhuyzen, Franz Krüger, and Ernst Meyer.