Bernardus Accama

Bernardus Accama (* 1697 in Burum , † 1756 possibly in Leeuwarden ) was a Dutch painter.

life and work

His works mainly include history and portrait painting , including a portrait of Princess Anne , portraits of professors, as well as 24 portraits of officers from the Nassau house , which were previously exhibited in the town hall of Leeuwarden and which are now part of the Fries Museum in Leeuwarden. Some of his works were engraved by Jacobus Houbraken and Pieter Tanjé .

The painter Matthijs Accama (1702–1783) was his younger brother and apprentice, his sons, Bernardus Accama (1745–1768) and Symon Accama (1734–1752), his nephews.

Campegius Vitringa d. J.
Willem Loré
Portrait of Anna of Hanover (1736)

literature

Ernst Wilhelm Moes : Accama, Bernardus . 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. 36 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
Ernst Wilhelm Moes: Accama (Bernardus) . In: Petrus Johannes Blok , Philipp Christiaan Molhuysen (Ed.): Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek . Part 1. N. Israel, Amsterdam 1974, Sp. 15 (Dutch, knaw.nl / dbnl.org - first edition: AW Sijthoff, Leiden 1911, reprint unchanged).
Accama, Bernardus . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 1, Seemann, Leipzig 1983, ISBN 3-598-22741-8 , p. 201.

Web links

Commons : Bernardus Accama - collection of images, videos and audio files

Bernardus Accama. Biographical data and works in the Netherlands Institute for Art History (Dutch)

Individual evidence

↑ Bernard Accama. Biographical data and works in the Netherlands Institute for Art History (Dutch); In older literature Leeuwarden is often given as the place of birth, the place of death Leeuwarden is not proven in contemporary documents, but is given in older literature.
↑ In older literature ( AJ van der Aa : Bernardus Accama . In: Biografisch Woordenboek van Nederland . Volume 1, van Brederode, Haarlem 1852.) these are stated as destroyed, this statement is not taken up in more recent literature and the works are partly in Proven in museums.
↑ Ernst Wilhelm Moes: Accama, Bernardus . 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. 36 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
↑ Ernst Wilhelm Moes: Accama (Bernardus) . In: Petrus Johannes Blok , Philipp Christiaan Molhuysen (Ed.): Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek . Part 1. N. Israel, Amsterdam 1974, Sp. 15 (Dutch, knaw.nl / dbnl.org - first edition: AW Sijthoff, Leiden 1911, reprint unchanged).
↑ Symon Accama. Biographical data and works in the Netherlands Institute for Art History (Dutch), Bernardus Accama (II). Biographical data and works in the Netherlands Institute for Art History (Dutch)

personal data
SURNAME	Accama, Bernardus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Dutch history and portrait painter
DATE OF BIRTH	1697
PLACE OF BIRTH	Burum
DATE OF DEATH	1756
Place of death	unsure: Leeuwarden

[1] Bernard Accama. Biographical data and works in the Netherlands Institute for Art History (Dutch); In older literature Leeuwarden is often given as the place of birth, the place of death Leeuwarden is not proven in contemporary documents, but is given in older literature.

[2] In older literature ( AJ van der Aa : Bernardus Accama . In: Biografisch Woordenboek van Nederland . Volume 1, van Brederode, Haarlem 1852.) these are stated as destroyed, this statement is not taken up in more recent literature and the works are partly in Proven in museums.

[3] Ernst Wilhelm Moes: Accama, Bernardus . 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. 36 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

[4] Ernst Wilhelm Moes: Accama (Bernardus) . In: Petrus Johannes Blok , Philipp Christiaan Molhuysen (Ed.): Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek . Part 1. N. Israel, Amsterdam 1974, Sp. 15 (Dutch, knaw.nl / dbnl.org - first edition: AW Sijthoff, Leiden 1911, reprint unchanged).

[5] Symon Accama. Biographical data and works in the Netherlands Institute for Art History (Dutch), Bernardus Accama (II). Biographical data and works in the Netherlands Institute for Art History (Dutch)