Anthony Aardewijn

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Anthonij Aardewijn (also Anthony Aardewijn, Anthony Aardewyn; * (baptized) February 23, 1698 in Amsterdam ; † (buried) August 18, 1771 ibid) was a Dutch painter .

From 1722 to 1723 he was commissioned to paint and gild the 1721 built and at the time largest baroque organ by Arp Schnitger in the Sint-Michaëlskerk in Zwolle with the carvings by the sculptors Jurriën Westerman, Herman van der Borgh and Herman Weideman. On March 25, 1723, he obtained the right to marry in Amsterdam and married Maria van den Bosch (1703–1756), on August 4, 1723, thanks to the merit acquired in Zwolle, he acquired the citizenship of Amsterdam and in September 1723 he became after payment the painter tax included in the painters' guild , which opened up the possibility of public contracts. In 1739 he was involved in the design of the Jongenshuis (Burgerweeshuis in the Kalverstraat, today the Amsterdam Museum ), for which, according to archival documents, he received "a large amount". Aardewijn lived in the Reestraat and, according to his will from 1757, bequeathed the house to his stepsister, who had married into the Amsterdam family of the Idsert, after a childless marriage.

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  1. ^ Pieter Scheltema: Aemstel's oudheid of Gedenkwaardigheden van Amsterdam. Volume 5, Amsterdam 1863, p. 68 gives Anthonij Aardewijn as the correct name form according to the citizen lists ( dbnl.org PDF). This form of name also with Chr. P. van Eeghen: Over zalf- en hoeden-, over slaven-, over kunst- en boekenhandel in het Amsterdam der 18de eeuw. In: Jaarboek van het Genootschap Amstelodamum 40, 1954, pp. 177-180 with further details according to notarial files.
  2. ^ So Ernst Wilhelm Moes: Aardewyn, Anthony . In: Ulrich Thieme , Felix Becker (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker. tape 1 : Aa – Antonio de Miraguel . Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig 1907, p. 3 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ). and Aardewyn, Anthony . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 1, Seemann, Leipzig 1983, ISBN 3-598-22741-8 , p. 16.
  3. ^ Maarten Albert Vente: Vijf eeuwen Zwolse orgels 1441-1971. Amsterdam 1971, pp. 40, 46; Michael I. Wilson: Organ Cases of Western Europe. London 1979, p. 28.
  4. ↑ History of the Great St. Michaelskirche Zwolle, year 1722 ( Memento of the original from May 13, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved August 30, 2013 (Dutch). @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.grotekerkzwolle.nl
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SURNAME Aardewijn, Anthonij
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Aardewijn, Anthony; Aardewyn, Anthony; Aardewijn, Anthoni
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch painter
DATE OF BIRTH 1698
PLACE OF BIRTH Amsterdam
DATE OF DEATH 1771
Place of death Amsterdam