Elias van Nijmegen
18th century painter from the Northern Netherlands
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| Intro | 18th century painter from the Northern Netherlands | ||
| A.K.A. | Elias van Nymegen Elias Van Nijmegen Elias van Nymeguen | ||
| A.K.A. | Elias van Nymegen Elias Van Nijmegen Elias van Nymeguen | ||
| Places | Netherlands | ||
| is | Painter | ||
| Work field | Arts | ||
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| Birth | Nijmegen | ||
| Death | 24 January 1755Rotterdam | ||
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Elias van Nijmegen (1667, Nijmegen – January 24, 1755, Rotterdam), was an 18th-century painter from the Northern Netherlands.
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Ceiling decoration by Elias van Nijmegen, 1695, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
According to the RKD he became a member of the Leiden Guild of St. Luke in 1689, but he moved to Rotterdam where he married in 1701 and became a member of the guild there the next year in 1702. He is known for ceiling and wall decorations and was the teacher of the Rotterdam painters Gerard Sanders (his nephew by marriage of his brother Tobias to the widow Sanders) and his son Dionys. His daughter Barbara also became a painter.