Saturday, September 4, 2021

Elias van Nijmegen (Ornament in Rotterdam)

Elias van Nijmegen
Trophy with Weapons
ca. 1720-55
oil on canvas
Museum Rotterdam

Elias van Nijmegen
Offering to Zeus at the Altar of Vesta
1730
oil on canvas
Museum Rotterdam

attributed to Elias van Nijmegen
Ceiling Panel
before 1755
oil on canvas
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Elias van Nijmegen
Ornamental Design with Vignette of Vestal Virgin
before 1755
drawing, with watercolor
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Elias van Nijmegen
Design for Mural with Stone Arches and Fountain
before 1755
drawing, with watercolor
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Elias van Nijmegen
Flower Stand with Three Putti
before 1755
drawing, with watercolor
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Elias van Nijmegen
Cleopatra
before 1755
drawing, with watercolor
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Elias van Nijmegen
Danaë
before 1755
drawing, with watercolor
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Elias van Nijmegen
Semiramis donning Arms
before 1755
drawing
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Elias van Nijmegen
History instructed by Truth
before 1755
drawing, with watercolor
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Elias van Nijmegen
Abraham and the Three Angels
before 1755
drawing, with watercolor
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Elias van Nijmegen
Rinaldo and Armida
(scene from Ariosto's Orlando Furioso)
before 1755
drawing, with watercolor
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Elias van Nijmegen
Rinaldo slaying a Knight
(scene from Ariosto's Orlando Furioso)
before 1755
drawing, with watercolor
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Elias van Nijmegen
Woman embracing Statue of Pan
before 1755
drawing
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Elias van Nijmegen
Study of Nasturtiums
before 1755
drawing, with watercolor
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Elias van Nijmegen (1667-1755) – wallpaper painter, ceiling painter, grisaille painter, decorative painter (of interiors), designer, draftsman  – son of Herbert van Nijmegen, brother of Tobias van Nijmegen, married to Johanna Stiermans, with whom he fathered Barbara and Dionys van Nijmegen – career-base was Rotterdam, with forays to other urban centers in the Netherlands and France