Andreas Schelfhout
(1787–1870) Dutch painter, etcher and lithographer (1787-1870)
Andreas Schelfhout (Netherlands, 1787–1870) is listed in the catalogue as a painter and a draughtsman. By year of birth, Andreas Schelfhout belongs to the chapter ‘Romanticism’ in this site’s history of art.
Andreas Schelfhout was born in The Hague and died in The Hague. Wikidata associates Andreas Schelfhout with Hague School. Andreas Schelfhout became a member of Hague School and Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. The students included Johannes Franciscus Hoppenbrouwers.
The best-known works include ‘Windmill beside a frozen river’, ‘A Frozen Canal near the River Maas’, and ‘Winter Scene on the Ice with Wood Gatherers’. The works belong mainly to the genre landscape painting. The catalogue has 54 works by Andreas Schelfhout with free images. The dated works span the years 1806–1870. Works by Andreas Schelfhout are held by several collections, among them Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rijksmuseum, Teylers Museum, and Shipley Art Gallery.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Henriette Gertruide Knip, Mathieu Kessels, Domenico Quaglio, Heinrich Adam, and Abraham Cooper.