Henriëtte Geertruida Knip

1783 – 1842

Dutch painter, part of a family of artists, daughter of Nicolaas Frederik Knip. Like her brother, Josephus Augustus Knip, she was taught by her father. In 1803 she left for Paris, where she received further training from Gerard van Spaendonck. She painted mostly fruit and flower still-lifes in watercolour; in this medium, at first strongly influenced by her second teacher, she produced work of outstanding quality. In 1806 she moved to Amsterdam and from 1810 on lived in Haarlem. Her works are not numerous, and many are in private collections. The Teylers Museum in Haarlem and the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam each have two of her flower studies.

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