Willem Troost (Ii)

Place: Arnhem

Born: 1812

Death: 1893

Biography:

Willem Troost (II) was a painter, draftsperson, and lithographer born in Arnhem, Netherlands on 1812-06-14 and deceased in Barneveld, Gelderland on 1893-05-03. He was a pupil of Johannes Glauber from 1704-1709 and became court painter in Dusseldorp in 1712. He also worked in Keulen, Duisburg & Kleef, before returning to the Netherlands and spending time in Haarlem from 1735-1745 before moving to Amsterdam. He is known for Italianate landscapes and interior decorations. He married the painter Jacoba Maria van Nickelen, with whom he possibly travelled to Dusseldorf.