Cornelis Troost

Cornelis Troost (1696-1750) grew up in artistic circles. He trod the boards of Amsterdam’s city theatre as a young man in his 20s, but in 1723 he changed course and became a pupil of the portraitist Arnold Boonen.

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Portrait of a Member of the Van der Mersch Family

Cornelis Troost (signed by artist), 1736

Misled: The Ambassador of the Rascals Exposes himself from the Window of 't Bokki Tavern in the Haarlemmerhout

Cornelis Troost, c. 1739 - before 1750

An Amsterdam Canal House Garden

Cornelis Troost, c. 1740 - 1745

Family Group near a Harpsichord

Cornelis Troost (mentioned on object), 1739

Hoofd van een zwarte jongeman met tulband met veren

Cornelis Troost (mentioned on object), 1747

Wachtlokaal met lezende, rokende en kaartspelende officieren

Cornelis Troost (mentioned on object), 1748

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Portrait of a Member of the Van der Mersch Family

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Cornelis Troost

Master of mise-en-scène

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Portraits, self-portraits of an artist

Self-portrait

Cornelis Troost, 1739

De landschapschilder Dirk Dalens III (1688-1753) met zijn tweede echtgenote Maria Schaack (gest. 1766) en de kinderen Anna (geb 1725), Willem (1737-60) en Jacobus (1741-63)

Cornelis Troost (mentioned on object), 1746