Louisa Holthuysen
Museum founder in Amsterdam
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| Intro | Museum founder in Amsterdam | ||
| A.K.A. | Sandrina Louisa Geertruida Holthuysen Louise Holthuysen (1824-1895) Louise Holthuysen Louisa Willet Louisa Willet-Holthuysen | ||
| A.K.A. | Sandrina Louisa Geertruida Holthuysen Louise Holthuysen (1824-1895) Louise Holthuysen Louisa Willet Louisa Willet-Holthuysen | ||
| Places | Netherlands | ||
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| Birth | 28 November 1824, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands | ||
| Death | 30 January 1895Amsterdam, Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands (aged 70 years) | ||
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Sandrina Louisa Geertruida Holthuysen (1824 – 1895) was a Dutch art collector and founder of the Museum Willet-Holthuysen in Amsterdam.
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Holthuysen was born in Amsterdam in the Netherlands as the only child of Pieter Gerard Holthuysen, a wealthy merchant who dealt in window glass and coal. Her father died in 1858 and in 1861 she married Abraham Willet and they proceeded to live a bohemian lifestyle, enjoying travel and art collecting. The art collection included items bought by her, of which the most expensive painting was a still-life by Blaise Alexandre Desgoffe that cost 5,000 guilders.
Holthuysen died childless in Amsterdam in 1895, a few years after her husband. Her house and its contents, including the artworks, were left to the City of Amsterdam, conditional upon the building being used as a museum named after her and her husband.