Nicolaas Pieneman

Nicolaas Pieneman
Louis Wegner, CC BY-SA 2.5

(1809–1860) Dutch painter (1809-1860)

Nicolaas Pieneman (Netherlands, 1809–1860) is listed in the catalogue as a painter and a sculptor. By year of birth, Nicolaas Pieneman belongs to the chapter ‘Romanticism’ in this site’s history of art.

Nicolaas Pieneman was born in Amersfoort and died in Amsterdam. Nicolaas Pieneman worked in Great Britain, France, Belgium, and Germany. Nicolaas Pieneman became a member of Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. The awards include Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion, Commander of the Order of Adolphe of Nassau, and Knight of the Order of the Polar Star.

The best-known works include ‘Jan Willem Pieneman, Painter, Father of Nicolaas Pieneman’, ‘Portrait of William III, King of the Netherlands’, and ‘The Arrest of Diepo Negoro by Lieutenant-General Baron De Kock’. The works belong mainly to the genre portrait. The catalogue has 41 works by Nicolaas Pieneman with free images. The dated works span the years 1830–1916. Works by Nicolaas Pieneman are held by several collections, among them Rijksmuseum, Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands Art Collection, Amsterdam Museum, and Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Petrus Johannes Schotel, William Henry Bartlett, Louis Meijer, Jan Ksawery Kaniewski, and Ernst Deger.